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

Although the owner of Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home in south suburban Dolton has announced plans to auction the house in mid-June, village leaders in the south suburb have decided to pursue acquiring ...

The Chicago suburb where Pope Leo XIV grew is trying to acquire his humble childhood home before it is sold off to the ...

The owners of Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Illinois are trying to sell it via private auction. The home was listed for $199,900 before the pope's appointment. Now, bids start at $250,000. The ...

The 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.

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

As Mayor Jason House seeks to come to terms with the home’s owner ... that will be dedicated Pope Leo XIV Place, but did not discuss the village’s potential acquisition.

This house of God is a total real-estate blessing! The owner of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the suburbs of Chicago yanked the humble abode off the market overnight with potential plans to ...

Pope Leo's childhood home in a Chicago suburb was recently listed for sale for under $250,000 -- until Thursday, that is. It appears the listing for the small home in Dolton, Illinois, a suburb ...

Pope Leo’s childhood home is for sale — and its owner is jacking up the price: ‘A winning lottery ticket’ General view of the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV on Friday, May 9, 2025 in ...