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Ringing bells, a papal flag and memes: How Villanova celebrates an alumnus becoming pope
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.
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Villanova Graduate Robert Francis Prevost Named First American Pope
Robert Francis Prevost, a Villanova University graduate and a Chicago native, was chosen as the first American pope in ...
A Shocked Villanova Celebrates One of Its Own in New Pope
The Pennsylvania university best known for its basketball program has a new most famous alumnus in Pope Leo XIV.
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First American pope is a White Sox fan, Villanova grad, Peru missionary, Vatican leader
Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...
The pope’s campus days | Morning Newsletter
At Villanova, the future Pope Leo XIV had a front-row seat to significant social change. Plus, Pa. Democratic justices are ...
How Villanova Feels About Having the New Pope as an Alum
F ather Peter Donohue, the president of Villanova University, was having lunch with a few of the school’s alums in a Chicago ...
WATCH: Video shows Robert Prevost introduced as Pope Leo XIV at Vatican balcony
Robert Francis Prevost waved to thousands of onlookers in St. Peter's Square from the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica ...
New Pope effect: Bettors are flocking toward Bears, Cubs, Villanova title odds
There wasn’t much faith at BetMGM that Robert Francis Prevost would be selected as the new Pope — less than 1 percent of the ...