(The Hill) — President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction to Pope Francis days before leaving ...

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 ...

Pope Francis, 88, still has some tricks up his sleeve. The pontiff has appointed a sharp critic of Donald Trump to be the ...