Cardinal Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. He's also a Villanova University graduate. Here's what to know about Villanova.

Pope Leo XIV makes his first address to the College of Cardinals at the Synod Hall on May 10, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Getty Images ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated a link back to his Delaware County past when he put on a Villanova University baseball hat that was presented to him as a gift … ...

Villanova University alumnus Cardinal Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV, was elected as the next leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and succeeds Pope Francis.

Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, is a class of 1977 Villanova University graduate, earning his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.