VILLANOVA, PA. — For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, the Catholic Church has elected an American pope. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native, has taken the papal name of Leo XIV. The ...

VILLANOVA — As Villanova University students studied for final exams, or carried boxes to and from their dorms Thursday, others watched the white smoke that changed the world. Minutes later, a ...

Hours after Villanova University alumnus Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen by the cardinal electors of the Catholic Church to become the next pope, billboards popped up on highways in the ...

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 ...

Americans are feeling closer than ever to the new leader of the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV is the first American to ever hold the title. Pennsylvanians are also drawing connections to the pope as ...

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 ...

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. YOU SEE ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first U.S. pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the globe on the second day of the papal conclave in Rome. The new pontiff, age 69, ...

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 ...

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 ...