VATICAN CITY (AP) — A visibly energized President Barack Obama held a nearly hourlong audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday, expressing his great admiration for the pontiff and ...

WASHINGTON (KGO) -- President Barack Obama and the first lady Michelle Obama will welcome Pope Francis personally the moment he arrives in the U.S. for a historic visit. The White House announced ...

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WASHINGTON -- Plunging headlong into the issues of the day, Pope Francis opened his visit to the United States with a strong call Wednesday for action to combat climate change, calling it a problem ...

Ten years after Pope Francis’s Sept. 22-24, 2015 apostolic visit to Washington, 12 people were interviewed about their ...

WASHINGTON (WLS) -- Pope Francis began his first full day in the United States with a special ceremony at the White House, followed by a parade through Washington's streets and a canonization Mass for ...

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 ...

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 ...

During his historic visit to Washington 10 years ago in September 2015, Pope Francis gave the first papal address to a joint ...

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 ...

Pope Francis frequently drew the ire of conservative Catholics throughout his 12-year papacy. Leo, his American successor, ...