And even in the closing days, came another: Biden’s planned trip to see Pope Francis ... silver lining to the funeral coming now. “If Jimmy Carter had to die – and of course everybody ...

Pope John-Paul II (l) and U.S. President Jimmy Carter speak to the media at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 6, 1979. (photo: AFP / Getty ...

U.S. President Joe Biden praised former President Jimmy Carter’s character and referred to him as a “good and faithful servant of God” in his eulogy of the country’s 39th president during ...

Pope Francis and other Catholic opponents of the death penalty had sought such action. Biden on Jan. 9 will deliver a eulogy for the late President Jimmy Carter at his state funeral in Washington.