President Biden, a Catholic, awarded the medal with distinction to the pontiff, to whom he has turned for personal guidance.

Washington – President Joe Biden on Saturday honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, ...

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

President Joe Biden has canceled a planned trip to Rome to meet with Pope Francis so that he can instead focus on federal ...

Biden spoke by phone with His Holiness Pope Francis Saturday morning and "expressed his deep regret" that he was unable to ...

An Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, will become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church’s ...

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with ...

In his first Saturday Jubilee 2025 audience, Pope Francis reflected on hope through the lens of St. John the Baptist.

The White House said President Biden bestowed the award to Pope Francis during a phone call in which they also discussed efforts to promote peace and alleviate suffering around the world.

Pope Francis told a group of children receiving treatment for cancer in Poland they are “witnesses of hope” to those around ...

During his Saturday afternoon visit to the foundation’s headquarters at Palazzo Sciarra Colonna, the Pope met with leadership ...

Biden, who is only the second Catholic president in U.S. history, spoke with the Pope by phone on Saturday to tell him he was ...