CONNECTION HERE TO VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY AND THEREFORE PENNSYLVANIA, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF PHILADELPHIA. CERTAINLY A BIG DAY FOR THE UNIVERSITY HERE AS ONE OF THEIR OWN IS SELECTED AS THE NEW POPE.

Students and alumni at Villanova - Pope Leo XIV's alma mater - held their first Sunday mass since he was elected. Reporter Andrew Stelzer has more on how people who attended are celebrating the ...

Some Knicks fans think the fact that Pope Leo is a Villanova alum — like the team’s stars Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges — is sure to lead them to their first NBA championship in ...

When Villanova University's president, Fr. Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a theater student, a future pope wasn't far away on campus, studying math two grades below him. On May 8 ...

Reverand Robert P. Hagan, a friend of Prevost's and a chaplain at the Pope's alma mater, Villanova University, told The Athletic about Prevost's link to the New York Knicks and their star lineup ...

The new pope is a Wildcat through and through. Even while ministering in faraway Peru, Robert Francis Prevost kept up with his alma mater, Villanova University, a Catholic college of approximately ...

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania - At midweek, the chaplain of Villanova University's basketball team cheered as one of his former star players led the New York Knicks to a come-from-behind National Basketball ...

It’s a good week to be a Villanova Wildcat. On Wednesday, graduates of the school’s men’s basketball program helped the New York Knicks stage a comeback win to take a commanding 2-0 series ...

Jalen Brunson and Pope Leo XIV are both Chicago kids who attended Villanova, so it only makes sense that the new Pope watches the Knicks. Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost attended Villanova ...

Villanova, Pa. — When Villanova University's president, the Rev. Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a theatre student, a future pope wasn't far away on campus, studying math two grades ...

A general view on Thursday of St. Thomas of Villanova Church on the Villanova University campus in Villanova. VILLANOVA — When Villanova University’s president, the Rev. Peter Donohue ...

A general view of St. Thomas of Villanova Church on the Villanova campus in Villanova, Pennsylvania, on May 8, 2025. (Credit: Matt Slocum/AP.) Listen VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania — When Villanova ...