A new four-hour bus tour will visit Pope Leo XIV’s birthplace, childhood church and favorite pizza spot in the Chicago area. Tickets start at $59.

Pope Leo’s hometown of Dolton, Illinois, is buying the pontiff's childhood home to be preserved as a landmark. The Chicago suburb’s board voted on the purchase, as the home has been drawing visitors from across the country since Cardinal Robert Prevost’s election as the first American pope.

Officials in Dolton, Ill., called the purchase a rare opportunity. But some residents questioned whether the village, grappling with a deficit and potholes, could afford it.