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

In downtown Syracuse, a noontime mass was held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to pray for the new Pope.

While the Catholic Church in Rome has looked to Europe and the Middle East for its leaders for almost 2000 years, on Thursday it chose the first pope from the United States, one with Oklahoma ties.