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Chicago Suburb Where Pope Leo XIV Was Raised Makes Bold Move To Acquire His Childhood Home Before It Can Be Auctioned Off
Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Prevost and spent several years living in Dolton, IL, in a humble home that is now up for ...
Pope Leo XIV's home in Chicago may be sold to the highest bidder
When Robert Francis Prevost was growing up in a modest house in Dolton, Illinois, no one, not even his neighbors, imagined he ...
Duluth News Tribune9hOpinion
Other View: Chicago suburb can take a beat before taking pope's boyhood home
From the editorial: "There’s a lot Dolton could do to infuse its papal ties into the village’s culture that doesn’t involve ...
Religion News Service3d
Can Pope Leo XIV’s election revive Chicago's Catholicism?
As soon as news came that Leo — who grew up as Robert Prevost on East 141st Place in the Chicago suburb of Dolton — had been elected pope, Bennison’s owner, Jory Downer, called the shop and ...
Religion News Service on MSN1d
Watching Rome from Chicagoland: Muslims measure new pope’s promise
Muslims in the pontiff's native city want to see Francis’ social justice approach to Christian-Muslim relations continue.
The Times of Northwest Indiana2d
Pope Leo’s childhood Dolton house taken off the market; owner mulling multiple offers
The elected pope? Robert Francis Prevost — Pope Leo XIV. The property on the market? 212 E. 141st Place, in Dolton, Illinois — Prevost's childhood home. Budzik, helping homeowner Pawel ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana3d
Neighbor recalls how kids 'played Mass' with the boy who would become pope
DOLTON — Robert Prevost now holds the highest office in the Catholic Church. One of his childhood neighbors, Holly Boblink, was pulling weeds in her South Side garden when white smoke poured ...