Robert Prevost's friends, former classmates, fellow Augustinians, and brother on how a kid from Chicago became Pope Leo XIV ...

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.

The 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church was born Robert Francis Prevost and graduated from Villanova University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics.

A historian, religious scholars, and the students who staged a Renaissance-era conclave reflect on the significance of the first U.S.-born pope—and speculate that the Holy Father might pay a visit to ...

Robert Prevost, elected pope Thursday, grew up in Dolton. Former neighbors and local Catholics reacted to the election of the first American pontiff in the church's 2,000-year history.