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 ...

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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 ...

The thing NCR columnist Michael Sean Winters most admired about President Joe Biden's Catholicism these past four years was ...

For just the third time since 1994, someone has earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction. The last person to earn the medal with distinction: Joe Biden.

With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 committee. President Joe Biden also ...

“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 ...

The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him ...

The award comes after Biden was forced to cancel a trip to the Vatican this weekend to monitor the devastating wildfires in ...

During the transition, the two also spoke over the phone and Biden has regularly cited Pope Francis in his speeches. Pope Francis, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John ...