Dolton officials are moving ahead with plans to buy Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the village, hoping to snap up the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home. Board members in suburban Dolton outside Chicago voted ...

Burt Odelson, Dolton’s attorney behind the deal, said that the owner agreed to sell amid threats of Dolton taking the house ...

W hat was once an average home in Chicago's south suburbs has now received national attention for being the childhood home of ...

The Dolton Village Board approved the acquisition of the three-bedroom house at 212 East 141st Place on Monday night.

Officials in Dolton, Ill., called the purchase a rare opportunity. But some residents questioned whether the village, ...

A village in Chicago’s south suburbs is poised to purchase Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home after its board voted unanimously on ...

DOLTON, Ill. (WLS) -- The Dolton Village Board voted unanimously to purchase Pope Leo XIV 's childhood home on Tuesday night.

The value of the property, which stands along East 141st Place in Dolton, skyrocketed after Robert Prevost was elected pope.

The village where the former Robert Prevost grew up had vowed to obtain the modest brick home shortly after news of his election to the papacy broke in May.

A bus tour centered around Pope Leo XIV’s upbringing will soon traverse the Chicago area, and tickets are already on sale.

The new pope's childhood home in Dolton has drawn visitors from across the country, with many treating it as a pilgrimage ...