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

Several students and faculty who traveled to St. Peter's last fall and were given holy communion by then-Cardinal Prevost.

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

We all lost our minds. And we’re still losing our minds,” said Mike Blake, a Villanova University senior who met ...

Celebrations are happening all over the world following the historic election of the 267th pope -- leo the fourteenth.but ...

In an email sent to members of the Villanova community midday Monday, University President Rev. Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., ...

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

The surprise announcement punctuated the end of the semester at Villanova University on Thursday, and then there was a joyous ...

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

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

She is a Pittsburgh native and, just like Pope Leo XIV, a Villanova University alum. Despite the fact that the Pope graduated ...

Who is the new pope? Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago native and Augustinian priest. He was elected via conclave May 8 to serve as ...