The 1,050-square-foot home in Dolton, south Chicago, was bought by the Pope’s parents in 1949. They paid a monthly mortgage of $49 on it and it was owned by the Prevost family for nearly 50 years.

A Chicago family vacationing in Rome surprised the Vatican’s new pope with a Chicago Bears-themed gift Sunday. The Muñoz ...

Pope Leo’s childhood home in Chicago sells for nearly double the asking price - The buyer hailed it as a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to own the three-bedroom Dolton home where the pontiff was rai ...

Pope Francis was viewed as relatively progressive. His successor, the first American pope, is now in a unique position to ...

A new book suggests Chicago-born Richard Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

The sale caps the modest home's complicated journey since Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected as the next pope in May. Plans are for the property to be turned into a landmark.

Pope Leo XIV had a signed jersey delivered to former Chicago White Sox great Paul Konerko. Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich ...

Leo, the first American-born pope, was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost. He was born at Chicago’s Mercy Hospital and was raised in the St. Mary of the Assumption Church parish, which sits near ...

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

Pope Leo XIV's busy Sunday Mass included several reminders of his Chicago roots, including a gifted custom t-shirt emblazoned ...