The sale caps the modest home's complicated journey since Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was selected as the next pope in May. Plans are for the property to be turned into a landmark.

Pope Leo’s childhood home in Chicago sells for nearly double the asking price - The buyer hailed it as a ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to own the three-bedroom Dolton home where the pontiff was rai

A spokesperson for the Village of Dolton, Illinois, said the community is working to have the house named a historical site, which would make it eligible for federal and state funding for preservation.