The village bought the home this week for $375,000, a Dolton spokesperson said. The village now plans to obtain national ...

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The childhood home of Pope Leo XIV was sold to the village of Dolton, a south Chicago suburb, at a 70% premium to the initial asking price.

Prevost lived with his parents and siblings for many years in the suburban home, and it’s become a tourist destination since his election as pope. Dolton has had to have police regularly patrol the ...

Joe Aurelio, owner of Aurelio's pizza, announced the new "Poperoni Pizza." Pope Leo has been visited the location since the 70s. The "Poperoni Pizza" features traditional pepperoni pizza topped with a ...

DOLTON, Ill. ( WGN) – The Village of Dolton has closed on the purchase of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home.

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

The price is the highest on record for a single-family home in Dolton, where the average price over the past year was a little more than $161,000.

Aurelio's Pizza launched its latest masterpiece, the new "Poperoni Pizza," to honor Pope Leo XIV's love for the ...

Pope Leo XIV greets people as he arrives in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 6, 2025, after reciting the Angelus at ...

The recent release of a photo of Pope Leo in his youth has set social media ablaze. At just 20 years old, the man who is now ...

The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American chosen as pope — once walked among the people of Chicago. The youngest of 13 children of Italian farmers, she ...