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

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

Dolton officials are moving ahead with plans to buy Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the village, hoping to snap up the ...

What was once an average home in Chicago's south suburbs has now received national attention for being the childhood home of ...

In a unanimous vote at a special board meeting held on July 1, the village council of Dolton, Illinois, voted to purchase the ...

Officials in Dolton, Ill., called the purchase a rare opportunity. But some residents questioned whether the village, ...

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to buy his childhood home after the south Chicago suburb’s board voted unanimously Tuesday ...

Since the pope’s election, the small, two-story house has gained national attention, drawing visitors and attracting those ...

DOLTON, Ill. (WLS) -- The Dolton Village Board voted unanimously to purchase Pope Leo XIV 's childhood home on Tuesday night.

The value of the property, which stands along East 141st Place in Dolton, skyrocketed after Robert Prevost was elected pope.

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