Gifts Left For Pope Leo XIV Disappear From Outside His Childhood Home In Dolton, Illinois

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June 4, 2025

Sacred gifts, or public nuisance? Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, Illinois, is attracting new attention, this time for the gifts and offerings left by visitors, but not everyone likes them.

Since then-Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected pope last month, many people have visited his childhood home in Dolton, and left candles, rosaries, bible verses, crosses, and other offerings.

But a neighbor said someone threw most of them out, and she's concerned it could happen again. As of Tuesday, all that was left outside the home were two candles and one small cross.

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