Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

January 18, 2025

Biden Awards Pope 'Medal of Freedom' -- Both Biden and Pope Responsible for Genocide


Indigenous women carrying cradleboards were asked to leave before Pope Francis entered a meeting of residential school survivors at the archbishop's residence in Quebec City on July 29, 2022. Jonel Beauvais, a Kanien'kehá:ka Wolf Clan member from Akwesasne, said that while she was able to stay, she had to go to the back of the room. "They said that they only wanted survivors and not their supporters."

Biden Awards Pope 'Medal of Freedom' -- Both Biden and Pope Responsible for Genocide

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, January 18, 2025

President Biden awarded Pope Francis the Medal of Freedom with Distinction, with no mention of the genocide that the Catholic Church committed in residential schools and boarding schools.

"The award was for genocide, not freedom," Mark Maracle of the Mohawk Warrior Society told Censored News.

Biden, now responsible for sending weapons to Israel for war crimes and genocide in Palestine, awarded Pope Francis the Medal of Freedom with Distinction for "exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace."