In the summer of 1973, the war was still raging in Vietnam, the Watergate scandal was unfolding in Washington, and protests roiled college campuses nationwide. But at leafy Villanova University just outside Philadelphia,

True to his Chicago roots, he cheers for the White Sox and keeps an eye on the former Villanova stars playing for the Knicks.

The Augustinian-affiliated university has pulsed with nonstop celebration, including ‘pope punch’ and ringing bells, since an alumnus was selected to lead the Catholic Church.