Downey High School student to ask Pope Leo XIV questions during historic digital encounter

A high school senior from Downey will be among the young people who ask Pope Leo XIV questions during a first-ever digital encounter at this year’s National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) in Indianapolis.
Ezequiel Ponce, 17, a senior at Downey High School who belongs to St. Dominic Savio Church in Bellflower, is one of a select few teens who earned the opportunity to ask questions to Pope Leo in a historical digital Q&A on Friday, Nov. 21, during the second day of the NCYC.
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