degrees in canon law from the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome," a statement on Villanova's website says.People at the university talked about the new pope's gentle spirit and his ...

While on a research trip in Rome to study the history of the Catholic Church, a University of South Carolina ... One man near her thought the new pontiff was a Canadian, she said, but regardless ...

The new pope, a 69-year-old from Chicago, graduated from Villanova University in Delaware County ... One Villanova student was honored to have met him in Rome as a cardinal.

SPRINGFIELD — Wittenberg University officials said Friday that the small private university was entering a “new era” — one it will begin with Christian Brady as the institution‘s new ...

A devout Roman Catholic and student at the University of North Texas ... the passing of a pope and the election of a new one. “I sit there and think about the joy that I'm feeling or going ...

While Prevost didn’t come up on most media lists of potential popes, University of Scranton Vice ... High School in Kingston, being in Rome as a new pope was elected was special.

signaling the election of a new pope on the second day of the conclave. At the University of St. Thomas, students gathered to watch the proceedings from Rome. The watch party drew interest as the ...

MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- Dozens of demonstrators were taken into police custody after a pro-Palestinian protest broke out at a library on Columbia University's ...

The 69-year-old new pope is a Chicago native, Villanova University alumnus and Augustinian priest. Reactions to the historic election have poured in from religious leaders and politicians.

New York Mayor Eric Adamas said he stands with Jewish students at Columbia University who feel threatened or unsafe after protesters took over Butler Library. “As I’ve said repeatedly ...

We are resolute that calls for violence or harm have no place at our University," the statement from Shipman read. Mayor Eric Adams told NBC New York the behavior of the protesters in the library ...

Connecticut will soon have another NCAA Division I school. The University of New Haven announced Tuesday that it has accepted an invitation from the Northeast Conference and will officially join ...