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 ...

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 ...

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.

In a striking juxtaposition, President Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom to both Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood ...

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

Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on ...

There was tremendous, albeit unintentional, cultural clarity in two late-term actions Joe Biden took before the end of his ...

President Biden honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the highest civilian award given by the president, on Saturday, saying the pontiff was a "light of ...

Pope Francis was named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction Saturday by President Biden, a White House press release said. The honor is the highest civilian award in ...

President Joe Biden has honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Saturday honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal ...

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

President Joe Biden on Saturday honored 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 ...