President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor, to Pope Francis on Saturday. The medal was scheduled to be presented to the ...

Unlike that of his only Catholic predecessor in the job, John F. Kennedy, Biden’s Catholicism, White said, “was embedded both ...

US President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the nation's highest civilian honor, the White House said. It was the ...

Biden’s team struggled in the final days and weeks of his term, as it did for four years, to drive a message that might capture the country’s attention and bolster a battered legacy.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prayed would be ...

ROME — Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release ... It’s an honor that the Catholic President Joe Biden bestowed on Francis this past week in the only such award “with distinction ...

It is the only Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction he has awarded. President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis with a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction during a phone call on ...

President Joe Biden has honoured Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the highest civilian award given by the president, saying the pontiff was “a light of faith ...

“Pope Francis’ patient and persistent efforts ... It's an honor that the Catholic President Joe Biden bestowed on Francis this past week in the only such award “with distinction” of ...

In what would have been his last overseas trip as president, Joe Biden had been set to depart for Italy Thursday night to meet with Pope Francis.

Pope Francis has been honoured with America's highest civilian award by President Joe Biden, who has described the pontiff as "a light of faith, hope, and love that shines brightly across the world".