Pope Leo XIV has a message for Americans celebrating Thanksgiving. While speaking with NBC's Molly Hunter on Nov. 25, the Chicago native shared what he hopes people remember during the annual holiday.

Pope Leo has embarked on his first foreign trip as Catholic leader with a visit to two Muslim-majority countries of Turkiye and Lebanon, where he is expected to make appeals for peace in the Middle East, ravaged by conflicts, and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches.

Gov. JB Pritzker met with Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Wednesday, with the two discussing the Trump administration's immigration raids.

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Turkey today at the start of his first trip outside Italy as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. It will also take him to Lebanon and into one of the most diplomatically delicate regions of the world, especially for a Christian religious leader.

The pope spoke via video from Rome to 16,000 young people in Indianapolis and answered their questions, as 10,000 more in Philadelphia-area Catholic schools plus millions worldwide watched.

Expected to last at least 45 minutes, this first-ever digital engagement by Pope Leo XIV with U.S. youth will be moderated by Katie Prejean McGrady and will cover youth perspectives on artificial intelligence, mental health, and the Church's future, among other topics.

Pope Leo discussed with Pritzker their shared concerns about the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement practices in Chicago.

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of an ailing Spanish bishop who is under church investigation for allegedly sexually abusing a young seminarian in the 1990s

While speaking with reporters on Nov. 25, 2025, Pope Leo commented on Thanksgiving and addressed concerns about violence in Lebanon before his upcoming visit.