Sawt Falasteen - Pope Leo's Illinois childhood home to become tourist site

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Pope Leo's Illinois childhood home to become tourist site / Photo: Andreas SOLARO - AFP

Pope Leo's Illinois childhood home to become tourist site

BOULEVARD 11.07.2025

Pope Leo XIV's childhood home has been sold to the village where he grew up, which intends to make it a historical site, local media reported Friday.

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The modest brick home in the Chicago suburb of Dolton, population 21,000, was sold by its current owner for $375,000, WGN television said.

It said the owner had bought the house for $66,000 last year -- prior to Pope Leo's election as the first American pontiff -- and done extensive renovations.

The Dolton village board of trustees voted earlier this month to purchase the three-bedroom house and turn it into an attraction open to the public.

According to WBEZ Chicago radio, the parents of Pope Leo -- born Robert Prevost -- bought the house in 1949 and sold it in 1996.

G.AbuOdeh--SF-PST

Sawt Falasteen - Pope Leo's Illinois childhood home to become tourist site

Pope Leo's Illinois childhood home to become tourist site

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