Biden, the nation's second Catholic president, spoke with the pontiff to name him a recipient of the award, the White House said.

President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 20 announced his intention to appoint Brian Burch, currently the president of CatholicVote, as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 13 agreed to hear a case from the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior, Wisconsin, in which the agency argued a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court discounted its religious identity.

Police in Madison said Dec. 16 they are investigating a shooting at that city's Abundant Life Christian School that left multiple people dead and injured.

“Joe Biden said one thing and did the opposite. A father’s love meant more to the president than keeping his word.”

Trump will attend the ceremony alongside French President Emmanuel Macron.

Voters in Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota Nov. 5 rejected amendments to their state constitutions that would have codified abortion as a right.

Robert Schmuhl of the University of Notre Dame said Trump’s “message about illegal immigration and the state of the economy resonated with working-class voters, particularly Hispanic and Black males.”

Ethel Kennedy, Joe Kennedy said, “was a devout Catholic and a daily communicant, and we are comforted in knowing she is reunited with the love of her life, our father, Robert F. Kennedy.”

Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, has repeated -- without evidence -- claims about Haitian immigrants eating the pets of residents in Springfield, Ohio.