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

President Joe Biden changed his travel plans to Rome to award Pope Francis the Medal of Freedom due to the California ...

President Joe Biden has honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction. It's the highest ...

Functionally, there is no difference between the US's Medal of Freedom and the Order of Lenin awards handed out by the old ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Francis, on Jan. 11, became the third pope to be given the highest civilian honor in the U.S.

Pope Francis is receiving the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the country's highest civilian honor, the ...

President Joe Biden presented a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction on Saturday to the leader of his own church, ...

Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom and praised him as the “People’s Pope”. Mr Biden, who ...

The citation for the award described the pope as the "People's Pope" whose "mission of serving the poor has never ceased." ...

Biden, the nation's second Catholic president, spoke with the pontiff to name him a recipient of the award, the White House ...

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

The president spoke with the Pope Saturday. The honor came with distinction, making the him the first person to receive the ...