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

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

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

A lot of my friends are calling it the Villanova Vatican,” said Caroline Pirtle, a Villanova University junior who interned at the Vatican this semester and just returned home to Minneapolis Thursday ...

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

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

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

The former Cardinal Prevost emerged on May 8 from a papal conclave as the 267th head of the Catholic church, Pope Leo XIV. He is the first U.S.-born pope, first with Peruvian citizenship and first ...

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 ...

Prevost, a native of Chicago who spent his career ministering in Peru and lead the Vatican ... and has Villanova ties, so they were able to make that connection. He’s been a presence around ...