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, about 20 ...

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

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

Dolton, a south Chicago suburb, has unanimously voted to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, hoping the acquisition ...

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.