NBC News’ Lester Holt got the chance to shake Pope Leo XIV’s hand and speak with him during a brief moment at the Vatican.

At a meeting Pope Leo held with international journalists, NBC News’ Lester Holt spent time speaking one-on-one with the ...

NBC’s Lester Holt joins TODAY to share his conversation with Pope Leo XIV on the importance of being the first American ...

The pontiff broke the news to 'NBC Nightly News' anchor Lester Holt, a former CBS2 Chicago anchor, in a brief one-on-one chat ...

Pope Leo XIV is busy in his first full week of work in the Vatican, but will he consider making a trip home to Chicago in the ...

The new pontiff spoke to NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who was part of a news conference for some 6,000 journalists from ...

By Patrick Smith and Corky Siemaszko, NBC News Pope Leo XIV told NBC News' Lester Holt on Monday that Catholics who strayed from the church may return in part because it now has an American-born ...

The 267th pope entered the great room of the Paul VI Audience Hall adjacent to St. Peter’s Basilica on Monday to cheers. Leo ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass as pontiff as some of the cardinal electors shared what led them to his selection. NBC ...

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza in his first Sunday blessing from St. Peter's Basilica. NBC News’ Lester ...

In his first encounter with journalists as pope, Leo called on the news media to highlight the “voices of the weak who have no voice.” ...

On the second day of the conclave, Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the first-ever American pope. White smoke billowed ...