Dolton paid $375,000, including commission fees, to buy the modest brick home where Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, ...

Football fans in Chicago are harboring some deep-dish fury at their homegrown and otherwise beloved Pope Leo XIV because he ...

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

Prevost lived with his parents and siblings for many years in the suburban home, and it’s become a tourist destination since ...

This chart was prepared by Henry Louis Gates Jr., American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. It reflects the best-known research as of the time of publication. Design by Nick Sheedy.

The property where Pope Leo XIV—who was born Robert Prevost—grew up is set to be turned into a historical landmark.

Officials in Dolton, Ill., called the purchase a rare opportunity. But some residents questioned whether the village, ...

In a unanimous vote at a special board meeting held July 1, the village council of Dolton, Ill., voted to purchase the ...

A Detroit Lions player has had the privilege of meeting Pope Leo XIV with his wife and has the photos to prove it.

Although I had set out to answer the question, “Who is Pope Leo XIV?” the question I had succeeded in answering was “Who is Robert Prevost?” ...

We went back 500 years and found his connection to some fascinating people. By Henry Louis Gates Jr. On May 8, an American cardinal named Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV. Later that day ...

The childhood home of Pope Leo XIV was sold to the village of Dolton, a south Chicago suburb, at a 70% premium to the initial asking price.