His election represents continuity with the papacy of the late Pope Francis, and he is expected to continue Francis’ reforms ...

With 10 days under his belt as pope, Leo XIV has already shown himself to be a mild yet focused bridge-builder, with a soft ...

Dialogue and bridge-building have emerged as early indicators of what Pope Leo XIV's interreligious approach to Jews and ...

Students on Grounds expressed surprise about Leo’s election as well as an appreciation for his experience in the Church. Leo grew up in the Chicago suburb of Dalton, Ill. and attended Villanova ...

He earned a degree in Mathematics from Villanova ... University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in 1984. From 1985 to 1986, he worked on his doctoral thesis while serving in the Augustinian mission in ...

"Nostra Aetate" affirmed the church's spiritual kinship with the Jewish people while denouncing all forms of antisemitism.

Pope Leo attended Villanova University in the late 70s, so naturally, his former classmates, colleagues and friends from ...

The elevation of Pope Leo XIV has sparked an atmosphere of jubilation at Villanova University, his alma mater.

Vance, who later converted to Catholicism, this weekend made his second trip to the Vatican in less than ... 22, both Villanova University grads, flew into Rome on a long-planned trip, unaware ...

A résumé of deep religious education, frontline pastoral experience, parish management and Vatican governance — along with a ...

In a historic celebration, Pope Leo XIV, the first United States-born pontiff in the nearly 2,000-year history of the ...

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 ...