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

When his turn came, Ezequiel Ponce got up from his chair and strolled to the center of the stage, clutching his questions and a microphone in his hands. The eyes of 16,000 young people filling Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis — and thousands more watching live worldwide — were on him.

But he was only focused on two eyes: the ones belonging to Pope Leo XIV staring at him on a big screen.

He’s not going to lie: He was pretty nervous, at first.

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