The 1,050-square-foot home in Dolton, south Chicago, was bought by the Pope’s parents in 1949. They paid a monthly mortgage ...

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

Dolton residents were skeptical at Tuesday's board meeting, questioning whether the financially strained village could afford ...

Pope Leo grew up in a small brick house in the Chicago suburb of Dolton which is now up for auction. The village’s board of ...

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

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

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

An Illinois village has voted to purchase the childhood home of the first American pope, with a trustee saying the ...

What was once an overlooked property has now become Dolton’s unexpected lifeline. With Pope Leo XIV’s election drawing ...

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

(OSV News) – An Illinois town intends to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, hoping to turn the property and its ...