Village of Dolton has big plans for Pope Leo XIV's childhood home
Dolton Mayor Jason House took CBS News Chicago inside the house on Thursday, as he talked about bigger plans for the property.
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Dolton Mayor Jason House took CBS News Chicago inside the house on Thursday, as he talked about bigger plans for the property.
Dolton Mayor Jason House took CBS News Chicago inside the house on Thursday, as he talked about bigger plans for the property. Jermont Terry reports.
The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the tradition after Pope Francis never participated in it during his 12 years as pope.
Village leaders called the purchase a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Asal Rezaei reports.
The Village of Dolton is now working to take control of the house at 212 E. 142nd Pl. Dave Savini reports.
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Pope Leo XIV seemed happy to join in on a White Sox chant while greeting followers at the Vatican.
The Vatican announced Pope Leo will continue the tradition of heading to the papal retreat just south of Rome.
The house is being rehabbed with plans for it to be sold, but those plans could change after the village announced plans to buy the real estate at 212 E. 141st Pl.
The one-story brick house was built in 1949. It was renovated after the Prevost family lived there for 50 years.
The pope urged Catholic faithful to be a "light of hope," to serve others, and to make the world a better place.
Thousands of faithful Catholics gathered at Rate Field on Saturday to celebrate Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo XIV delivered a message of hope by video message on Saturday at a celebration and mass at Rate Field, honoring the papacy of the city's native son.
Pope Leo XIV invited Catholic faithful to be "that light of hope," and to serve others and make the world a better place, during a celebration of his papacy at Rate Field in Chicago.
The celebration for the pontiff kicked off Saturday, where his favorite baseball team, the White Sox, plays.
The event features the premiere of a video message from Pope Leo XIV to the young people of the world.
The celebration begins at 2:30 p.m. while the mass starts at 4 p.m.
Cyd Smillie had the design and started adding Pope Leo XIV to the mural before he donned a White Sox cap at the Vatican earlier this week.
Rate Field will be packed on Saturday, but not to see the White Sox play ball. Instead the crowd will be watching a message from Pope XIV, as Chicago celebrates the new pontiff. The Archdiocese of Chicago is putting on the event, featuring a mass and video message from the pope, but if you walk by the stadium before Saturday's gathering, you'll see Pope Leo already has made an appearance.
A newlywed couple from Massachusetts met Pope Leo and gave him a White Sox hat.
The Sox posted the photo with the headline that the pope is “representing his favorite squad.”
The pontiff criticized the surge of nationalist political movements in the world and asked the holy spirit to "break down barriers and tear down the walls of indifference and hatred."
Sacred gifts, or public nuisance? Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, Illinois, is attracting new attention, this time for the gifts and offerings left by visitors, but not everyone likes them.
Sacred gifts, or public nuisance? Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, Illinois, is attracting new attention, this time for the gifts and offerings left by visitors, but not everyone likes them.
On Monday, the kids were able to ask a member of the real papal conclave in the Vatican what his experience was like. Sabrina Franza reports.
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