WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with ...
Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an ...
The citation for the award described the pope as the "People's Pope" whose "mission of serving the poor has never ceased." ...
In what would have been his last overseas trip as president, Joe Biden had been set to depart for Italy Thursday night to ...
Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...
Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark Epiphany. According to the Bible, the feast marks the day that three wise men guided by a star came to visit the newborn Jesus. Francis said ...
Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with a renewed appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death. Francis, ...
Pope Francis started the new year with a powerful call for the defense of life, emphasizing the Catholic Church's stance ...
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