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Teens at NCYC 2025 Excited for Faith, Fun, Sacraments, Friends

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Lucy Snipes, Anne Young, and Presley Hilderbrand from Columbus, Georgia tour exhibits during the first night of NCYC 2025 on Nov. 20, 2025, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.

As teens began to play the games with one another, look at exhibits, and meet with students from other cities, they shared what they are looking forward to most during the NCYC experience.

European Parliament Discusses Harms of Surrogacy After EU Condemns the Practice

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Reem Alsalem (right), the United Nations special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, opposes surrogacy at an Oct. 9, 2025, U.N. event hosted by the Italian government.

Alsalem called for member states to establish a universal ban on surrogacy, criminalizing the practice in all its forms.

Pope Leo XIV Prays at Tomb of St. Francis of Assisi

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Pope Leo XIV visits the tomb of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, on Nov. 20, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV also traveled to the city of Montefalco, where he celebrated Mass in the monastery of the Augustinian nuns, which was erected in the 13th century.

Vance Calls Border Security ‘Humanitarian’ in Response to Pope Leo XIV

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance participates in a fireside chat with Breitbart Washington Bureau Chief Matt Boyle at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

Vance said he has followed the Holy Father’s comments closely as 'a devout Catholic.'

The Papal Playlist: What the Favorite Music of Four Popes Reveals

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(L-R) Pope Leo XIV, Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope John Paul II.

Musical preferences offer fleeting glimpses into the interior lives behind the white cassock where memory, culture, and prayer converge.