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

The Dolton Village Board unanimously voted to acquire Pope Leo XIV's childhood home, attracting pilgrims and raising local ...

In a unanimous vote at a special board meeting held July 1, the village council of Dolton, Ill., voted to purchase the ...

An auction for Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home in Dolton was extended, while a federal judge declined to block Dolton from buying it.

Since white smoke billowed in May from the Sistine Chapel and Pope Leo XIV was elected Pope Francis' successor, the new ...

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

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

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

Dolton’s first post office was established in 1856, for the many Germans who immigrated roughly 100 years before Robert Prevost and his two older brothers attended St. Mary of the Assumption school.

DOLTON, Ill. (WGN) — The Dolton Board of Trustees is set to hold a special meeting Tuesday night, where members will decide the fate of Pope Leo’s childhood home. The value of the property ...

A Dolton neighbor told young Cardinal Robert Prevost he would be pope someday, his New Lenox brother said Thursday. Now he's Pope Leo XIV.