An Illinois village has voted to purchase the childhood home of the first American pope, with a trustee saying the ...

Dolton residents were skeptical at Tuesday's board meeting, questioning whether the financially strained village could afford ...

Columnist and film critic Richard Roeper joins Bob Sirott to talk about the Dolton board’s decision to sell Pope Leo XIV’s ...

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

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

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

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