Here’s what you need to know about this award and the individuals who have recently received it at the start of this new year. Find out more below. What Is the Presidential Medal of Freedom?

That economists Thomas Sowell and the late Walter Williams have not received the Presidential Medal of Freedom borders on ...

President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis with a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction during ... according to the White House. The award is the highest civilian honor a president can ...

President Biden is honoring Pope Francis with the highest civilian award given by a president: the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction. In his announcement, Biden called Francis a pope ...

Another pontiff has also received the award. Then-President George W. Bush awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction to St. John Paul II in 2004. Biden last met with Pope Francis ...

President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction ... the Pope this morning to tell him about the award. The two also “discussed efforts to advance ...

President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction to Pope ... Rather than the usual award ceremony, in which the president places the award around the neck of the ...