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

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, has been named the new pope of the Catholic Church, USA TODAY reports ... Leo, ...

While at Villanova, Prevost was an active member of the university’s long-standing pro-life club “Villanovans for Life,” the ...

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

One Villanova professor attributed Leo’s election to what he called the “Trump effect,” while a conservative Catholic ...

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

Church bells rang out for hours in celebration at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia after one of their graduates ...

Villanova University alumnus Cardinal Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, was elected as the next leader of ...

Pope Leo XIV is the 267th head of the Catholic Church. He’s also a Class of ’77 alumnus of Villanova. The St. Thomas of Villanova Church is seen on the campus of Villanova University on May 8 ...

As the campus winds down for the semester, bells rang and memes were created for 1977 graduate Robert Prevost, who's now Pope Leo XIV.