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

Galetto, Prevost’s former classmate turned fellow priest, said Prevost’s years saw the beginning of Rollie Massimino’s reign.

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

But news that Prevost, a 1977 Villanova graduate who is now known as Pope Leo XIV, had ascended to the papacy still dominated conversations among students and many of their parents who were on campus ...

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

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

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first U.S. pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the globe on the second day of the papal conclave in Rome. The new pontiff ...

F ather Peter Donohue, the president of Villanova University, was having lunch with a few of the school’s alums in a Chicago ...

Evening mass in the campus's iconic St. Thomas of Villanova Church became a celebration ... "Now our most notable alumni is ...

Church bells rang out for hours in celebration at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia after one of their graduates ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as pope marks a 'super happy day' for Catholics around the world, according to the chair of Catholic ...

VILLANOVA, Pa. (WPVI) -- Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, has a strong tie to the Philadelphia region ...