Galetto, Prevost’s former classmate turned fellow priest, said Prevost’s years saw the beginning of Rollie Massimino’s reign.

If you think our enthusiasm for our basketball team was intense, just wait until you see our support for Pope Leo XIV.

But news that Prevost, a 1977 Villanova graduate who is now known as Pope Leo XIV, had ascended to the papacy still dominated conversations among students and many of their parents who were on ...

The new pope has taken in the recent antics of the New York Knicks thanks to their plethora of Villanova alumni.

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, has made history as the first American to be elected as the head of the Catholic ...

Leo XIV was known as Robert Prevost when he was a math major ... “Now our most notable alumni is not an NBA player,” he said.

Pope Leo XIV once attended Villanova University. Catholics packed the St. Thomas of Villanova church to celebrate Sunday Mass and the new pope.

Students and alumni at Villanova - Pope Leo XIV's alma ... Augustinian universities in the U.S. It's where the pope, then known as Robert Prevost, graduated in 1977. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...