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Pope meets Villanova and Notre Dame basketball teams at the Vatican

The teams are in Rome for the U.S. college basketball season opener — an event dubbed the Eternal City Tip-Off and created to honor the U.S.-born pope.

31 October 2026Live

Sources

CBS News Sports. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-villanova-notre-dame-basketball-teams-vatican/

The teams are in Rome for the U.S. college basketball season opener — an event dubbed the Eternal City Tip-Off and created to honor the U.S.-born pope.

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