Pope Leo XIV has "great love" for the United States and what it stands for but doesn't define himself as American, the Chicago-born pope told NBC in an interview.

The pontiff asaid that the “sense of freedom, the sense of opportunity” are what makes him love America in a discussion with “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Llamas.

The first U.S.-born pope told NBC that he loves "so many things" about America.