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 ...

FILE - New Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, stands for a portrait at the end of the consistory where Pope Francis elevated 21 new cardinals in St. Peter's Square ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...