Dolton Mayor Jason House took CBS News Chicago inside the house on Thursday, as he talked about bigger plans for the property ...

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

Dolton Mayor Jason House took CBS News Chicago inside the house on Thursday, as he talked about bigger plans for the property. Jermont Terry reports.

Dolton paid $375,000, including commission fees, to buy the modest brick home where Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, ...

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

The 1,050-square-foot home in Dolton, south Chicago, was bought by the Pope’s parents in 1949. They paid a monthly mortgage ...

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

Dolton residents were skeptical at Tuesday's board meeting, questioning whether the financially strained village could afford ...

Burt Odelson, Dolton’s attorney behind the deal, said that the owner agreed to sell amid threats of Dolton taking the house ...

A village in Chicago’s south suburbs is poised to purchase Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home after its board voted unanimously on ...

The village where the former Robert Prevost grew up had vowed to obtain the modest brick home shortly after news of his ...

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.