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

Three boys were baptized in March 2014 in a Niles Catholic church by a visiting priest from Chicago who would go on to be named Pope Leo XIV, ...

Despite losing 1,200 churches, America has gained 2.9 million Catholics since 2010, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the U.S. Religion Census.