Just before his hospitalization, the pope formed a new Vatican financial group.
The Vatican said the 88-year-old Francis, who has double pneumonia, had suffered a "prolonged asthma-like respiratory crisis."
Pope Francis hospitalized with double pneumonia, Vatican says treatment is challenging.
"A pope cannot divide the world into children and stepchildren and must denounce the sufferings of all," he said. "This is exactly what the Pope does not do."
This is the first time during his administration that Biden gave the award with distinction, the White House said.
Major Jewish organization leaders called on the Pope to refrain from 'incendiary comments' about the Israel-Hamas War.
Diaspora Minister AMichai Chikli also accused Canada and Australia of creating unsafe policies for Jewish citizens.
The pope also complained, "Yesterday they (Israel) did not allow the Patriarch (of Jerusalem) into Gaza as promised.”
Ola Källenius, CEO of Mercedes-Benz, personally handed over the unique, hand-built vehicle to Pope Francis in the Vatican.
The "Laundry of Pope Francis" in San Ferdinando is the seventh such facility after those in Rome, Genoa, Turin (two), Naples, and Catania.
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