The new pope, Pope Leo XIV, is a graduate of Villanova University. He is the first pope from the United States and the first to have completed his education at Villanova University, which is rooted in Augustinian Catholic values

. If you were referring to Pope Francis, the previous pope who passed away in 2025, he did not attend a traditional university before entering the seminary. He studied at the archdiocesan seminary Inmaculada Concepción in Buenos Aires and later obtained a licentiate in philosophy from the Colegio Máximo de San José. He also studied theology at the Facultades de Filosofía y Teología de San Miguel and completed further Jesuit spiritual training in Spain. Pope Francis did not have a university degree in chemistry, although he graduated as a chemical technician from a technical secondary school in Argentina before joining the priesthood