From Villanova to the Vatican: Alma mater is floored it taught the 1st US pope

From Villanova to the Vatican: Alma mater is floored it taught the 1st U.S. pope

In a letter to students Thursday, Villanova's president called it a proud and extraordinary day for the Catholic Augustinian university in suburban Philadelphia.

Alma mater is floored it taught the 1st US pope

VILLANOVA, Pa. — When Villanova University's president, the Rev. Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a theater student, a future pope wasn't far away on campus, studying math two grades below him.

New pope gives Villanova University another reason to cheer | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

VILLANOVA, Pennsylvania >> 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.

At his former US university, the new pope is just 'Bob'

The idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to the highest seat of the Catholic Church.

At his former US university, the new pope is just ‘Bob’

The idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to the highest seat of the Catholic Church. And for good reason. It is where "Father Bob" studied math decades ago, before climbing the steps of the Vatican. In the verdant suburb of Philadelphia, locals, professors and students reveled as

Pope Leo XIV gives Pennsylvania’s Villanova University another reason to cheer

Leo XIV was known as Robert Prevost when he was a math major at Villanova University in the 1970s