The encounter in Indianapolis will feature opening remarks by Pope Leo XIV, youth representatives, and a live Q&A. / Credit: EWTN News CNA Staff, Nov 20, 2025 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference will feature prayer, community, evangelization, and service among Catholic teenagers from Nov. 20–22 in Indianapolis. Follow CNA’s live…

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered at his general audience on Oct.25, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 20, 2025 / 15:30 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV will hold a historic live digital conversation with American teenagers at the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) on Friday. The faithful across the…

Pope Leo XIV visits the tomb of St. Francis in Assisi, Italy, on Nov. 20, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 20, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV traveled to Assisi on Thursday to meet with Italian bishops and pay homage to St. Francis in a visit marked by silence and…

Mary Help of Christians Basilica on the campus of Belmont Abbey College. / Credit: Rnrivas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 20, 2025 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Here’s a roundup of the latest Catholic education news in the United States: Retired Army general, Notre Dame professor to serve as president of…

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. / Credit: ADF International Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 20, 2025 / 17:00 pm (CNA). The European Parliament and the United Nations have officially condemned the practice of…

This photo taken on Jan. 15, 2024, shows a Chinese flag fluttering below a cross on a Christian church in Pingtan, in China’s southeast Fujian province. / Credit: Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 20, 2025 / 17:30 pm (CNA). The Chinese Communist Party’s “ongoing assault against religious freedom” has…