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

Students were surprised an American — especially a Villanova grad — was chosen as the next pope. Some hope he’ll be their ...

Student Amelia Weiss was in her dorm with the door open as others nearby watched for updates from the Vatican ... studies at ...

Vista said that American Catholics are no longer excluded from Rome by having the U.S.’s first pope, but are now a complete ...

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

Bells rang in St. Peter's Square and the crowd erupted in cheers on the second day of the papal conclave when white smoke ...

The contrast with Leo’s predecessor is striking. Pope Francis collaborated closely with Argentine Jews during his years as a ...

Standing on loggia of St. Peter's basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

By AFP, United States The idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to ...

Standing on loggia of St. Peter's basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

whose tenets are central life at Villanova. Student Amelia Weiss was in her dorm with the door open as others nearby watched for updates from the Vatican. "All across the floor, I hear people ...