The childhood home of Pope Leo XIV was put up for auction in Chicago for $ 250 thousand.

The house in the suburbs of Chicago, where Pope Leo XIV spent his childhood years, was put up for auction for $ 250 thousand. This was reported on May 16 by the Daily Mail, citing a source.

"The childhood home of newly elected Papa Leo in Chicago is for sale at a "luxury private auction" with an initial price of $250,000 and a date for June 18," the publication says.

It is clarified that the house had already been put up for auction, but the purchase offer was withdrawn in order to get more money after the election of Leo XIV as Pope.

As indicated in the article, the house has a good repair, three bedrooms and three bathrooms. The slogan used as an advertisement is "a piece of papal history."

The High Priest from across the sea: an American has become the new Pope

Robert Francis Prevost took the name Leo XIV.

On May 9, Louis Prevost, the pope's older brother, revealed that as a child, Leo XIV liked to play priest rather than pretend to be a cowboy or a robber. Then the children teased him, calling him "the Pope of Rome."