Villanova linebacker Shane Hartzell sacks Maryland quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. during a non-conference game in College Park last season. Villanova will join the Patriot League for football ...

Villanova football will leave the Coastal Athletic Association following this season and join the Patriot League in 2026.

During a meeting on Wednesday at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV received a hat of his alma mater, Villanova, from the National Italian American Foundation.

Inside Villanova in the 1970s, when the future Pope Leo XIV arrived on campus In 1973, Robert F. Prevost began his freshman year at a Catholic school that was about to undergo a social upheaval.

RADNOR — Villanova’s plans to renovate and revitalize the Connelly Center, a student hub and gathering space on campus for over four decades, are moving forward through Radnor Township’s ...

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

Church bells rang out for hours in celebration at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia after one of their graduates was elected the first pope from the U.S. in the history of the Catholic ...

While at Villanova, Prevost was an active member of the university’s long-standing pro-life club “Villanovans for Life,” the oldest pro-life college club, according to its website.

From Villanova to the Vatican: Alma Mater Is Floored It Taught the 1st US Pope VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — When Villanova University's president, the Rev. Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a ...

Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, graduated from Villanova in 1977 with a degree in mathematics.

The pope is a graduate of Villanova University, where Father Hagan is a senior associate athletic director and a long-serving team chaplain for Villanova football and men’s basketball programs.

Villanova students take break from finals to celebrate the selection of Pope Leo XIV, class of ‘77 Students were surprised an American — especially a Villanova grad — was chosen as the next pope. Some ...