Pope Francis was named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction Saturday by President Biden, a White ...

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis in January, likely the president's final international trip just days before he leaves the Oval Office, the White House announced on ...

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Did you know Pope Francis was a nightclub bouncer, his favorite movie is “La Strada” by Federico Fellini, and that he doesn’t watch television? On the occasion of his 88th birthday on ...

Pope Francis recalled the witness of persecuted Christians around the world on Thursday as he celebrated the feast of St. Stephen, the Church’s first martyr. In his Angelus address on Dec. 26 ...

Pope Francis has opened a "Holy Door" for the 2025 Catholic Holy Year at a prison, marking the first one opened at such an institution since the Jubilee tradition began in 1300. He celebrated the ...

Pope Francis is bringing his Holy Year to Rome’s main prison ROME -- Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and ...

Pope Francis called for peace around the world and for global conflicts to end in his annual “Urbi et Orbi” Christmas message to the faithful. Speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter ...

Pope Francis presides over the Christmas Eve mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Christmas revellers around the world donned red and white Santa hats, offered meals to the homeless and lit ...

Pope Francis delivers his Urbi et Orbi Message to the World from the central loggia of St. Peters Basilica at The Vatican on December 25, 2024 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Alessandra ...