Robert Francis Prevost, a Villanova University graduate and a Chicago native, was chosen as the first American pope in history to lead the Catholic church as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost graduated from ...

The private Catholic university in the suburbs of Philadelphia has a new most famous alumnus. By Sarah Mervosh On the campus of Villanova University, students watched the white smoke rise from the ...

VILLANOVA, Pa. (WPVI) -- Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, has a strong tie to the Philadelphia region. The new pope, a 69-year-old from Chicago, graduated from Villanova ...

(WPHL) — A new pope has been named, and for Villanova University and Philadelphia, the pope might be a familiar face and name. Newly elected Pope Leone XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s ...

The first American-born pope, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, has been elected to the papacy. Pope Leo XIV is also an alumni of Villanova University's Class of 1977. Pope Leo XIV was selected as the ...

Pope Leo XIV attended Villanova University near Philadelphia, where he received a Bachelor of Science in 1977. Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump graduated from the ...