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Authenticity, AI, and the present of the Church — Young people react to Pope Leo LIVE!

“Just hearing the pope’s voice speaking to us was powerful.”

Jack Figge
Nov 22, 2025
∙ Paid

“Dude, we met the pope today!” Ben Rowe exclaimed as he walked through the halls of the Indianapolis Convention Center.

Rowe and 16,000 other teenagers virtually ‘met’ the pontiff during Pope Leo LIVE, a 45-minute dialogue between the pope and attendees at the National Catholic Youth Conference.

“I mean it would have been cooler if he was in person, but v…

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