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

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

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home. Board members in suburban Dolton outside Chicago voted ...

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

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

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home can now be bought - Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home ...

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

This is the childhood home of the new Pope Leo XIV in Dolton, Illinois. AFP via Getty Images “I’m going to keep it for now,” Radzik said.

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.