The Village of Dolton recently purchased the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV for $375,000, and is working to obtain landmark ...

Pope Leo's hometown in Illinois, just outside Chicago, bought his childhood home in the village of Dolton. It sold for ...

People who gathered outside the abandoned St. Mary of the Assumption this week mused about what the future might hold for Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church, given its new significance.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion ...