Pope Leo XIV’s first Christmas Eve mass held inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican will begin airing on Dec. 24 at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The coverage of the mass will air for approximately 90 minutes.

Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world. "Aspire to great things, to holiness, wherever you are. Do not settle for less ...

The powerful and violent cannot control, suppress or commodify God's grace, friendship and will to usher in a new dawn, Pope Leo XIV said.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with the Cardinals gathered for his first Extraordinary Consistory, and invites them to share their burden of pastoral care with each other as they seek to help the Pope guide the Church.

Pope Leo XIV opened 2026 on Thursday with a plea for peace, singling out in particular countries “bloodied by conflict” and families wounded by violence.

The close of the 2025 Holy Year capped a Jubilee opened by Pope Francis and which became a defining backdrop for Pope Leo XIV's pontificate thus far.

Coverage of Pope Leo's Christmas Eve mass begins on Wednesday, December 24, at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The event will run for approximately 90 minutes and take place from inside St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy. It will be the first service presided over by Pope Leo after the last five Christmas Eve masses were performed by the late Pope Francis.

Pope Leo XIV, the Catholic Church's first ever American leader, appears to signal a more inclusive leadership style than his predecessor.