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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, ...
Dolton Mayor Jason House took CBS News Chicago inside the house on Thursday, as he talked about bigger plans for the property ...
The village bought the house this week for $375,000, a spokesperson said. Dolton now plans to obtain national historic ...
If you’re planning a pilgrimage to the pope’s hometown this summer, keep in mind that Dolton never asked to be considered ...
The Village of Dolton, Illinois, has bought Pope Leo XIV's former childhood home for $375,000. A village spokesperson ...
Prevost lived with his parents and siblings for many years in the suburban home, and it’s become a tourist destination since ...
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DOLTON, Ill. ( WGN) – The Village of Dolton has closed on the purchase of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home.
A spokesperson for the Village of Dolton, Illinois, said the community is working to have the house named a historical site, ...
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 sale caps the modest home's complicated journey since Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected as the next pope in ...
The village where the former Robert Prevost grew up had vowed to obtain the modest brick home shortly after news of his ...
Burt Odelson, Dolton’s attorney behind the deal, said that the owner agreed to sell amid threats of Dolton taking the house ...