Pope Meets Villanova and Notre Dame Basketball Teams at Vatican
The pontiff welcomed the squads in Rome for the Eternal City Tip-Off, an event created to honor the U.S.-born leader.
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First reported by CBS News, 3h 05m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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3 publishers have covered this in 3 articles since 31 Oct 2026. CBS News published first, on 31 October at 13:00 UTC; ABC News followed 3h 06m later. The most recent article, from feeds.bleacherreport.com, appeared on 31 October at 17:03 UTC.
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- Pope Leo tells Villanova and Notre Dame basketball teams he is neutral. Prevost has other ideas ABC News ·
- Pope meets Villanova and Notre Dame basketball teams at the Vatican CBS News ·
- Pope Leo XIV Jokes He 'Doesn't Take Sides' in Video Ahead of Villanova's MCBB Game vs. Notre Dame feeds.bleacherreport.com
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- Pope
- Villanova
- Notre Dame