Full Text: Pope Leo XIV answers questions from 5 teens during NCYC 2025 Digital Encounter

Editor’s Note: Please find below a full transcript of Pope Leo’s remarks and responses during the National Catholic Youth Conference on Friday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Indianapolis, broadcast on EWTN with the help of Vatican Media. Watch the full event in the video posted at the end of the transcript.

Dear young people, dear friends, good morning. I’m very glad to be with all of you through this digital connection. I want to greet everyone gathered at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. And I also want to greet all of you who are joining online or via television from across the United States and from other parts of the world.

I’m grateful to everyone who helped organize this event and made it possible for us to be together today, even if it is only through a screen. We’re meeting during a special moment in the life of the Church, the Jubilee Year. It is beautiful that this Jubilee is centered on hope because we are seeing signs of hope everywhere. Millions of people have come to Rome to walk through the holy doors, to pray at the tombs of the apostles, to deepen their faith.

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