After renovation and a papal election sent property values soaring, the Village of Dolton claims priority rights to purchase ...

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home is being put up for auction, but the Village of Dolton in Illinois is looking at ways to become its new owner.

The village of Dolton is considering the use of eminent domain to take ownership of Pope Leo XIV's childhood home.

DOLTON, Ill. (WGN) — There is a lot of interest in Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in Dolton, Illinois, and the village is contemplating steps on how they can acquire it.

But that plan – intersecting the use taxpayer funds and a religious organization – has raised concerns, and not just limited to the First Amendment separation of Church and State.

Dolton, Illinois, may use eminent domain to purchase Pope Leo XIV's boyhood home, intending to preserve it as a historic site ...

"Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own," wrote Pope Leo XIII, in his famous 1891 encyclical Rerum ...

Dolton officials notified the auction company of its plans to seize the home where Pope Leo XIV grew from the investor who ...

The Village of Dolton is looking to acquire the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV and work with the Archdiocese of Chicago to ...

The Village of Dolton is looking to acquire the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV and work with the Archdiocese of Chicago to ensure it's a place the public can visit.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's sentencing date remains set for June 13. That is according to a docket entry ...