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3 weeks ago | gjsentinel.com | Tassanee Vejpongsa |Jonathan Mattise

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — 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 below him. On Thursday, church bells rang out for hours in celebration at the Augustinian school near Philadelphia after the 1977 alumnus Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Rev.

3 weeks ago | thesunchronicle.com | Tassanee Vejpongsa |Jonathan Mattise

VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - 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 below him. On Thursday, church bells rang out for hours in celebration at the Augustinian school near Philadelphia after the 1977 alumnus Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.

3 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Tassanee Vejpongsa |Jonathan Mattise

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3 weeks ago | wsbtv.com | Tassanee Vejpongsa |Jonathan Mattise

VILLANOVA, Pa. — (AP) — 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 below him. On Thursday, church bells rang out for hours in celebration at the Augustinian school near Philadelphia after the 1977 alumnus Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Rev.

3 weeks ago | daytondailynews.com | Tassanee Vejpongsa |Jonathan Mattise

The Rev. John Lydon spent 10 years living with the pope while on a mission in Peru. But back in 1977, Lydon was the student commencement speaker for their arts and sciences class at Villanova, too. He recalled trying to give an uplifting speech, focusing on overcoming indifference. “I’m sure he doesn’t remember that speech, that’s so many years ago," Lydon said with a laugh.