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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...