Pope Leo XIV holds a basketball during an audience with delegations from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Villanova Wildcats basketball teams in Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Oct. 31, 2026, before the two teams open the U.S. college basketball season in Rome Nov. 1. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) ROME — […]
University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish guard Cole Certa (5) and guard Logan Imes (2) celebrate after beating the Missouri Tigers at Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center Dec. 2, 2025. Notre Dame and Villanova’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will open the college season in Rome Nov. 1, 2026. (OSV News photo/Michael Caterina, University […]