Dolton, a south Chicago suburb, has unanimously voted to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, hoping the acquisition will revitalise the financially struggling village. The decision, made by ...

Newly elected Dolton Mayor Jason House said on July 10 that a steering committee would be formed in order to plan how to ...

The 1,050-square-foot home in Dolton, south Chicago, was bought by the Pope’s parents in 1949. They paid a monthly mortgage of $49 on it and it was owned by the Prevost family for nearly 50 years.

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Dolton paid $375,000, including commission fees, to buy the modest brick home where Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, grew up ...

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home has been sold to the village where he grew up, which intends to make it a historical site, ...

Illinois town plans to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, aiming to turn it into a historical site and boost the ...

The Village of Dolton recently purchased the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV for $375,000, and is working to obtain landmark ...

Since white smoke billowed in May from the Sistine Chapel and Pope Leo XIV was elected Pope Francis’ successor, the new pope’s childhood home — a small, two-story house in Dolton, Illinois ...

The price is the highest on record for a single-family home in Dolton, where the average price over the past year was a ...

Purchase of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home OK’d by Dolton Village Board. Dane Placko. Tue, July 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM UTC. 4 min read. The Brief.

Dolton officials are moving ahead with plans to buy Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the village, hoping to snap up the modest brick home that has gained international attention ahead of a ...