Apparently we gained’t be seeing the “Villanova Pope” anytime quickly.
It’s been somewhat over 24 hours because the surprising information that the Catholic Conclave chosen Robert Francis Prevost because the first-ever American Pope.
A Chicago native, Prevost graduated from Villanova College in 1977, and shortly after entered the seminary. After a long time principally spent overseas, he was serving in Rome when Pope Francis died a number of weeks in the past. He was amongst these recognized as prospects, but it surely was thought an American wouldn’t be notably viable in the intervening time, and his election despatched shock waves world wide. As he took on the position, he chosen the papal identify Leo XIV.
The Rev. Peter M. Donohue, president of Villanova College, was making the rounds on TV Friday and shared that he had emailed to the brand new pope shortly after his choice was introduced Thursday.
“I mentioned congratulations, and jokingly mentioned perhaps I might get you for subsequent 12 months’s graduation speaker,” Donohue mentioned in an interview on MSNBC Friday. “And he despatched again, thanks, Peter, I recognize it, however I’m in all probability going to be busy.”
Donohue mentioned he’s hopeful his previous pal can go to the campus when he makes a go to to the US, every time that may be. His predecessor, Pope Francis, visited Philadelphia in 2016 and Pope John Paul II was right here in 1979. Such visits are enormous logistical and safety undertakings.
Till then, and within the spirit of Quizzo, we thought we’d present somewhat question-and-answer to see you probably have been maintaining with the voluminous reporting on what had been a comparatively unknown particular person earlier than midday Thursday.
Prevost attended Villanova College and graduated in 1977. What was his undergraduate diploma in?
He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Arithmetic.
The place did Prevost dwell on the Villanova campus?
He lived with a number of different college students from the Midwest in Burns Corridor, in keeping with Prevost’s longtime pal and fellow Villanova alumnus Rev. Paul Galetto.
Whereas a pupil at Villanova, he had a part-time job off campus. What did he do?
Prevost labored as a groundskeeper and as a part of the upkeep crew at St. Denis Parish in Havertown, in keeping with CBS3.
What did the longer term pope do earlier than the conclave?
His brother who lives in Chicago mentioned the 2 spoke on the cellphone earlier than the conclave. “First, we do Wordle, as a result of it is a common factor, OK? Then we do Phrases with Buddies. It’s one thing to maintain his thoughts off of life in the actual world,” his brother John mentioned. Later John requested if his brother he had watched the film “Conclave” — “So he knew methods to behave.” He mentioned he had.
Are there some other now-famous Chicago natives who attended Villanova?
In line with associates, Prevost was and stays a giant ‘Nova basketball fan. So it’s becoming that he shares some roots with Knicks guard Jaylen Brunson, who’s having a second within the NBA playoffs.
Who else “claims” Leo XIV?
Along with Villanova and Chicago, Prevost served a major a part of his ministry in Peru, and his election was celebrated there, too. He lived in Peru from 1985 to ’98 as a missionary, trainer and seminary professor, amongst different issues. He returned when Pope Francis named him apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayoa in 2014. He was later promoted to bishop and stayed almost a decade, till 2023, when he was known as to Rome. He grew to become a Peruvian citizen in 2015.