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

The humble home in Illinois was thrust into the spotlight when Pope Leo XIV became the leader of the Catholic Church earlier ...

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home is being put up for auction, but the Village of Dolton in Illinois is looking at ways to become ...

Dolton Mayor Jason House is negotiating to buy Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home, but Village Board has yet to discuss such ...

The village of Dolton, Ill., has stepped in to buy the modest house where Pope Leo XIV spent some of his childhood. It may ...

The Village of Dolton plans to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV. In a letter to New York-based Paramount Realty ...

Bidding for the small brick home, with a reserve price of $250,000, will be open until the late afternoon on June 18, according to the real estate auction firm Paramount Realty USA’s website.

"The village of Dolton intends to purchase this home either through direct purchase or through their eminent domain powers," Odelson told Misha Haghani, the CEO and founder of Paramount Realty USA ...

A national auction house is calling the site a ‘piece of papal history’—but there is a caveat for prospective buyers looking to purchase Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home.