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

Dolton officials are moving ahead with plans to buy Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the village, hoping to snap up the ...

Since white smoke billowed in May from the Sistine Chapel and Pope Leo XIV was elected Pope Francis' successor, the new ...

In a unanimous vote at a special board meeting held on July 1, the village council of Dolton, Illinois, 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.

Robert Prevost was ordained a priest by Belgian Archbishop Jean Jadot in St. Monica Chapel, located just outside the Vatican.

Last week, on June 11, The NY Times published an article tracing the ancestry of Pope Leo XIV - born Robert Francis Prevost.

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

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 Dolton Village Board is expected to consider approving the purchase of the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV during a ...

ROME -- ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take “firm and ...