Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) is seeking to have a statue of the Chicago-born pontiff built at the Illinois ...

An Illinois state lawmaker proposed making license plates honoring Dolton-native Pope Leo XIV available to state residents, ...

The Village of Dolton plans to purchase the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV. In a letter to New York-based Paramount Realty ...

The plan – intersecting the use taxpayer funds and a religious organization – has raised concerns, and not just limited to ...

Although the owner of Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home in south suburban Dolton has announced plans to auction the house in ...

Dolton, Illinois, may use eminent domain to purchase Pope Leo XIV's boyhood home, intending to preserve it as a historic site ...

The village of Dolton is considering the use of eminent domain to take ownership of Pope Leo XIV's childhood home.

Pope Leo XIV’s old community of Dolton is finding hope in his election after years of violence and corruption for the suburb ...

Dolton officials notified the auction company of its plans to seize the home where Pope Leo XIV grew from the investor who ...

Pope Leo’s hometown in the south suburbs was hit with economic hardship after the collapse of the steel industry on the Far ...

Authorities said 24-year-old Contrail Boone of Chicago was shot and killed in Dolton, and Denard Allison, 37, was shot in ...

The Village of Dolton is looking to acquire the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV and work with the Archdiocese of Chicago to ...