CNA Staff, Jul 2, 2025 / 17:17 pm In a unanimous vote at a special board meeting held on July 1, the village council of Dolton, Illinois, voted to purchase the childhood home of the first U.S ...

Dolton officials are moving ahead with plans to buy Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the village, hoping to snap up the modest brick home that has gained international attention ahead of a ...

Since the pope’s election, the small, two-story house on E. 142nd Place in Dolton, Illinois — around 20 miles south of the Windy City — has gained national attention, drawing visitors and ...

DOLTON, IL – The tiny hamlet where Pope Leo XIV was raised landed a miracle on July 1 after a village board approved the purchase of the house where he grew up, a move they hope will spark a ...

Dolton’s population boomed around the time Leo lived there. The village grew from 5,000 people in 1950 – the year after Leo's parents bought the family home – to 19,000 in 1960, according to ...