In addition to meeting with President Obama at the White House Wednesday, Pope Francis spent time with two other members of the first family -- Sunny and Bo, the Obamas' dogs. Following a ceremony on ...

President Barack Obama and Pope Francis met today for the first time, speaking in private for nearly an hour on inequality, immigration, and not-abortion, presumably. The Catholic Church has been at ...

The visit, which is only the third ever papal visit to the White House, will take place on September 23, near the start of the pope's five-day US trip for the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia ...

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President Obama and Pope Francis are set to meet for the first time on March 27 during the President's diplomatic trip to Europe. The meeting comes just after the pope's first anniversary as head of ...

Pope Francis offered his "blessings and congratulations" to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden in a phone call on Thursday, seeking to rebuild rapport with Washington after four years of sometimes ...

Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama, our own Lester Pearson — just some of the names that justifiably have been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize. Could that list ...

Donald Trump has criticised the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Barack Obama in 2009, stating, "They gave it to Obama for doing ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo will keep Pope Francis' signature policies to welcome gay Catholics, discuss women's ordination and give China input on bishop appointments, but is not planning big ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has begun correcting some of Pope Francis’ more questionable financial reforms and decisions ...