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

At first glance it may not look like it, but the seeds of hope and faith are starting to grow in Dolton. There are signs that better days are just around the corner on 141st Place. WGN's Pat Elwood brings you the story.

Amid the pushback from Dolton residents who complained about the dilapidated state of local roads and the village’s high debt, House said the purchase of the childhood home of the first U.S.-born pope, Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, would eventually “pay for itself,” calling it a “historical opportunity.”