Pope Leo XIV sported a Villanova hat at the Vatican gifted to him by the National Italian American Foundation.

Under Pope Francis, however, having a red hat is no guarantee of being given a position, at least not right away. Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, for example, received his red hat more than a ...

Villanova basketball and the Wildcats in general received representation at the Vatican. All thanks to Pope Leo XIV.

And if Pope Francis does call his 10th consistory before 2024 ends, it’s reasonable to think that an American could be among those to receive a “red hat.” Since becoming pontiff in March ...

received his red hat, along with 20 others, during a consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. It was the pope’s 10th consistory to create new cardinals from six continents during his ...

was passed over when on two occasions the Pope raised other prelates to the purple. Most Rev. Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti, Apostolic Nuncio to Yugoslavia who earned his red hat by a pyrrhic victory.

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Pope Leo XIV, Romanian bishops, and Jewish leaders honored Blessed Iuliu Hossu in the Sistine Chapel for his resistance to ...

They told the cardinals, “Give us a Roman pope or your heads will be as red as your hats,” which is baller. The cardinals chose an Italian as a compromise, but Pope Urban VI immediately began ...

ROME — Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday ... The new cardinals will get their red hats at a ceremony, known as a consistory, on Dec. 8, an important feast day on its own that officially ...

Of this secret consistory, convoked a month ago, the Pope asked ratification of his ... cardinals-elect that the Holy Father would bestow red hats upon them at a public consistory later in the ...