In January, Biden awarded Pope Francis the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In his first seconds as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis asked the crowd to pray for him, showing the world what kind of pontiff he wanted to be —a pastor close to the people, connecting ...

Pope Francis, a spiritual leader of more than 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide and a transformative figure within the Roman Catholic Church, died early Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced.