Pope Francis

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 faith, hope, and love that shines brightly across the world.” Biden had been scheduled to present…

January 11, 2025 / 3:57 PM EST / CBS/AP Biden honors 19 with Presidential Medal of Freedom Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, Jane Goodall, Magic Johnson, others 00:29 President Biden honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the highest civilian award given…

Over the four years President Joe Biden has spent in the Oval Office, Americans have gotten used to the original reason for his remarks and actions morphing over the hours and days after he says and does them--often with a revised White House transcript of a speech or a word…

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a reception for the new Democratic members of Congress in the State Dining Room of the White House on Sunday. He visited Los Angeles on Wednesday. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo Jan. 9 (UPI) -- White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said…

President Joe Biden has canceled a trip to Rome to meet with Pope Francis so he can instead focus on federal response to the rapidly moving wildfires that are tearing through the Los Angeles area, the White House said Wednesday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre s aid in a s tatement Wednesday…

When last we checked in on Pope Francis, leader of the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church, he was unveiling a Vatican nativity scene that depicted the Baby Jesus resting in the manger atop a Hamas kaffiyeh. RedState reported at the time: The heretical nativity scene was apparently organized by the Higher…

(RNS) — In a Dec. 25 letter to Pope Francis, the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations joined other Jewish and Israeli leaders in criticizing the pontiff for comments he made in a Christmastime address condemning Israel’s most recent bombing of Gaza that resulted in the deaths of children.  In…

Pope Francis on Monday named Sister Simona Brambilla the first female prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Photo by Stefano Spaziani/UPI | License Photo Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Pope Francis on Monday named Sister Simona Brambilla the first female prefect of the…

(RNS) — A group representing the leaders of the United States’ largest Jewish organizations has written a letter to Pope Francis criticizing his recent condemnation of Israeli airstrikes that killed 25 Palestinians, calling the pope’s comments “incendiary.” In his Dec. 21 Christmas address to the Catholic Church’s cardinals, Francis said:…

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