When news broke that the first American Pope in Roman Catholic history was named in Rome, it caused a bevy of reactions ...

Father Donohue was busy himself on Thursday. He happened to be in Chicago, the new pope’s hometown, for a Villanova alumni ...

The Pennsylvania university best known for its basketball program has a new most famous alumnus in Pope Leo XIV.

One Villanova professor attributed Leo’s election to what he called the “Trump effect,” while a conservative Catholic ...

Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, graduated from Villanova in 1977 with a degree in mathematics. “What a proud and ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is a Villanova graduate. He is the first American pope elected in the 2,000-year ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, has a Pennsylvania connection. He graduated from Villanova University.

VATICAN CITY — There’s been a rich tradition of popes expressing a love for sports since the turn of the 20th century, and ...

“Big week for Villanova. Follow me on this thing ... but he believes that having a Main Line alumnus in the Vatican City will only help the team’s cause moving forward. Factor that suggestion ...