Biden awards Pope Francis with highest civilian honor, Presidential Medal of Freedom, over the phone
President Joe Biden changed his travel plans to Rome to award Pope Francis the Medal of Freedom due to the California ...
Biden cancels Rome visit with Pope Francis to focus on federal response to California wildfires
President Joe Biden has canceled a planned trip to Rome to meet with Pope Francis so that he can instead focus on federal ...
President Biden cancels Italy trip to meet Pope Francis due to Los Angeles wildfires
In what would have been his last overseas trip as president, Joe Biden had been set to depart for Italy Thursday night to ...
Biden honors Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with ...
After nixed trip to Vatican City, Biden awards Pope Francis the highest US civilian honor
Biden spoke by phone with His Holiness Pope Francis Saturday morning and "expressed his deep regret" that he was unable to ...
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Pope Francis welcomes jubilee pilgrims: ‘Begin again with hope’
In his first Saturday Jubilee 2025 audience, Pope Francis reflected on hope through the lens of St. John the Baptist.
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Pope Francis tells pediatric cancer patients they are ‘witnesses of hope’
Pope Francis told a group of children receiving treatment for cancer in Poland they are “witnesses of hope” to those around ...
Pope Francis should brace for a new dynamic in the US Catholic Church
On Dec. 20, Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...
Pope Francis Launches Jubilee Year As Rome Braces For Millions Of Pilgrims
Amid security worries, millions of pilgrims are expected to descend on Rome for a Jubilee Year of major Catholic celebrations ...
Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office
An Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, will become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church’s ...
A Miracle? Pope Francis Helps Transsexual Prostitutes in Rome
The Catholic Church is not exactly known for its tolerance of transsexuals. But after a priest near Rome called the Vatican's attention to the difficulties faced by a group of transsexuals in his ...