Video: Pope Leo XIV’s childhood house will be sold on luxury auction

THE childhood of Pope Leo XIV in the suburb of Chicago, in the United States, will be sold in a luxury auction.

The company responsible for the auction, Paramount Realty, explained that the sale will occur privately with throws sent to the day June 18.

The initial bid is foreseen in $ 250 thousand (about $ 1.4 million). The property was built in 1949 and renovated in 2025, according to the company.

The residence of three -bedroom and three bathrooms, located in the neighborhood of Dolton has an approximate area of 97 square meters in a lot with about 460 square meters, still according to the company.

“Located in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, the modest brick house belonged to PREVOST FAMILY for almost 50 years And it served as the basis for a life that would lead her to the Vatican, ”Paramount Realty says on the auction website.

The cardinal Robert Prevost missionary in Latin America, became the First Pope of the United States and adopted the name of Leo XIV, After elected as the new Catholic Church leader On May 8th.

Prevost, 69, is a native of Chicago and studied theology in the US before spending decades working abroad.

It has double Peruvian nationality due to the time it passed as Missionary in Peru.

With information from Reuters.

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This content was originally published in video: Pope Leo XIV’s childhood house will be sold on luxury auction on the CNN Brazil website.

Source: CNN Brasil

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