Villanova University graduate Robert Francis Prevost, is being embraced as a Philly guy. In a statement, Villanova described Prevost, who has named himself Pope Leo XIV, as someone of "humility ...

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A Pinehurst mother and her son rented an Airbnb that was a 12-minute walk from the Vatican and attended Pope Leo's first ...

and that’s enough for Philly social media to claim him and ... Pennsylvania — down the street from Pope Leo XIV’s alma mater, Villanova University — jumped for joy when news of the pope ...

Villanova, Pennsylvania: January 1, 2022: Entrance Sign to Villanovia University. Villanovia is a private research university near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Villanova, Pennsylvania: January 1 ...

Robert F. Prevost spent at Villanova University in Philadelphia -- from the fall of 1973 until May 1977, when he graduated with a degree in mathematics and began his novitiate with the Augustinian ...

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 Association playoff win.

"I think people will be very impressed with him," he said of the new pope, who graduated from Villanova University in 1977.

Prevost, 69, is a Chicago native and a Villanova graduate. He said his chosen papal name would be Pope Leo XIV.

When Villanova University's president ... church bells rang out for hours in celebration at the Augustinian school near Philadelphia after the 1977 alumnus Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected ...