The Village of Dolton plans to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV. In a letter to New York-based Paramount Realty USA, attorney Burton Odelson wrote on behalf of the village that it intends to purchase the home at 212 E.

Bidding for the small brick home, with a reserve price of $250,000, will be open until the late afternoon on June 18, according to the real estate auction firm Paramount Realty USA’s website.

Budzik believes it could have fetched seven figures in an auction.