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

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

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

President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the first time in his term ...

The White House said President Biden bestowed the award to Pope Francis during a phone call in which they also discussed ...

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

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

Biden had been scheduled to present the medal to the pope in person but canceled his travel plans due to the California ...

(Kevin Lamarque/Associated Press pool files) WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Saturday honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of ... by then-President Barack Obama in a surprise ...