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Pope Leo tells Villanova and Notre Dame basketball teams he is neutral. Prevost has other ideas

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday told the basketball teams from his alma mater Villanova and fellow Catholic university Notre Dame — in Rome for their season opener — that in matters of sport, the pontiff is neutral. Then the pope, who was born Robert Prevost, said his former self might disagree. [...]