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Ezequiel Ponce, 17, from Downey, asks Pope Leo XIV a question during a live digital encounter at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Nov. 21. (Archdiocese of Las Vegas)

Downey teen on his Q&A moment with Pope Leo: ‘My heart was really pumping’

Mike Cisneros|Nov 24, 2025|8 Min Read

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What do you ask the pope? Downey teen to get his chance at Indianapolis event

Mike Cisneros|Nov 18, 2025|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV carries the Jubilee Cross as he walks to the altar before the start of a prayer vigil with young people gathered in Tor Vergata in Rome Aug. 2, 2025, during the Jubilee of Youth. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo XIV to hold his first digital encounter with young US Catholics

Catholic News Agency|Aug 15, 2025|4 Min Read

More than 3,000 young people attended the 2024 National Catholic Youth Conference — only the second time the event has been in Long Beach. (Victor Alemán)

NCYC’s Long Beach return asks Catholic youth to seek ‘the way’

Mike Cisneros|Nov 20, 2024|6 Min Read

Members of the National Youth Advisory Council speak during the 2022 National Catholic Youth Conference in Long Beach, Calif. The 2024 NCYC will be held again in Long Beach Nov. 14-16. (OSV News photo/courtesy National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry)

West Coast NCYC gives teens 3 days to 'live their faith out loud'

Maria del Pilar Guzman|Oct 28, 2024|5 Min Read

National Catholic Youth Conference participants hold up their phones to capture Christian rock band for KING + COUNTRY. (OSV News/Natalie Hoefer, The Criterion)

NCYC 2023: Thousands of youth learn what it means to be 'fully alive'

Natalie Hoefer|Nov 20, 2023|5 Min Read

Ryan Macias (left) and Nicolas Vara, both from St. Cyril of Jerusalem in Encino, hustled for headgear at this year's NCYC. (Natalie Romano)

Teens continue NCYC trading tradition on the West Coast

Natalie Romano|Nov 22, 2022|4 Min Read

Some 3,000 teens gathered at the Long Beach Convention Center over the weekend of Nov. 10-12 for the first West Coast NCYC conference. (NCYC)

The 'young Church’ comes to Long Beach for national teen gathering

Natalie Romano|Nov 16, 2022|7 Min Read

Youth process at the opening Mass of the National Catholic Youth Conference at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Nov. 18, 2021. (CNS/John Shaughnessy, The Criterion)

NCYC plans West Coast expansion with Long Beach event this fall

Evan Holguin|Oct 13, 2022|4 Min Read

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