The Village of Dolton recently purchased the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV for $375,000, and is working to obtain landmark status for both the home and the abandoned St. Mary’s of ...

The home in which Pope Leo XIV spent much of his childhood has been officially acquired by the village in which it is located ...

On the day he was killed, prosecutors said, Chicago police Officer Andres Vásquez Lasso woke up early in the morning in the ...

Catholic organizations had lobbied Pat Quinn to end the death penalty. The former governor was not previously aware of Prevost’s message to him.

The sale caps the modest home's complicated journey since Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected as the next pope in ...

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

Before Robert F. Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, he was apparently keeping a close eye on at least one major Illinois issue. Documents obtained by WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times through a public ...

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

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

Football fans in Chicago are harboring some deep-dish fury at their homegrown and otherwise beloved Pope Leo XIV because he ...

Leo, known before as Cardinal Robert Prevost, was elected in May as the first American pope – a decision that stunned many in the United States who celebrated his ascension as a historic moment.