At the beginning of Pope Francis’s papacy his controversial predecessor handed him a large white box stuffed with confidential documents relating to the “most difficult and painful situations ...
It is the only Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction he has awarded. President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis with a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction during a phone call on ...
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino ...
Pope Francis cites Benedict XVI only in a few passages in his over 300-page autobiography Pope Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, handed him a large white box containing several ...
ROME – “I like punctuality. It’s a virtue I have learnt to appreciate,” Pope Francis writes in the fifth chapter of his autobiography, to be published on Jan 14 in 18 languages ...
Two popes have received this honor ahead of Pope Francis. Pope John XXIII was recognized after his death by President Lyndon Johnson in 1963. Pope John Paul II was honored by President ...
He's the first pope from Latin America, the first to take the name Francis and the first sitting pontiff to publish his ...
Mondadori, the book’s Italian publisher, said the new volume was originally planned by Pope Francis to be released after his death. But the Pope decided it should instead be published during ...