Dolton officials are moving ahead with plans to buy Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the village, hoping to snap up the modest brick home that has gained international attention ahead of a

Several residents at the Dolton, Illinois, board meeting were skeptical about any benefit to taxpayers, questioning whether the financially strained village could afford to purchase the home and maintain area streets.

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to buy his childhood home after the south Chicago suburb’s board voted unanimously Tuesday to purchase the