The American people Dolton, the suburb of Chicago in Illinois, announced the purchase house in which the current one Pope Leo XIV He spent his childhood to turn it into Historical monument and the center of tourist attractions.
Mayor Jason House informed the municipal council for paying 375 thousand dollars for a bilateral brick house located in 212 E. 141th place.
“Our house, now we will create a committee to determine its best use,” he said in his statement.
Real estate company Paramount, based in New York, scheduled the auction of the 70 -apartment building on July 17 with a base price of 250 thousand dollars.
Nevertheless, the mayor of House stated that he led directly to the owner, Pavel Radzik, a housing restorer who bought him for 66 thousand dollars last year, when there was no news about what he lives there, which will be elected the first American dad, Robert Francis.
House indicated that he was talking with interested partners about the plans for re -use of the house, and that local authorities expect that the Chicago archbishop will take part in this initiative.
The official commented that the house recently received a new roof and improvements inside, but if they declare it with a historical monument, it may be necessary to restore it to its original appearance, so it looks like when Prevost lived there with his family.
The provoked lived with his parents and brothers for many years, the house that has already become a tourist destination since his elections as a pope, so Dolton police are now constantly patrolling the district.
Parents of Pontiff, school administrator Louis, who died in 1997, and librarian Mildred, who died in 1990, they owned the house and lived there for decades, but in 1996 they sold it for 58 thousand dollars.
The current leader of the Catholic Church was born in the South Chicago zone in 1955, although he spent his childhood in Dolton, until he entered the Michigan seminar to study high school in 1969.
With information EFE
