President Joe Biden will also meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, according to ...

(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 ...

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