A new book suggests Chicago-born Richard Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

The Village of Dolton recently purchased the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV for $375,000, and is working to obtain landmark ...

Pope Leo's hometown in Illinois, just outside Chicago, bought his childhood home in the village of Dolton. It sold for ...

Momma Ethel, a proud lifelong resident of Dolton who just celebrated her 90th birthday! For her big milestone, she had one special wish: to ride in a fire truck. Thanks to Mayor Jason House, the Board ...

Places where Robert Francis Prevost may have spent childhood in, around Dolton is mostly now photographs and memories.

The Village of Dolton recently purchased the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV for $375,000, and is working to obtain landmark ...

Newly elected Dolton Mayor Jason House said on July 10 that a steering committee would be formed in order to plan how to ...

Prevost lived with his parents and siblings for many years in the suburban home, and it’s become a tourist destination since ...

Dolton has closed on the purchase of Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home in the village, but what will happen with the modest brick building is up in the air.

Pope Leo grew up in a small brick house in the Chicago suburb of Dolton which is now up for auction. The village's board of trustees voted to buy it, in the hopes of creating a historic attraction.