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FILE – Television evangelist Jim Bakker poses in front of the Water Park in Columbia, SC, one of the attractions at his Heritage USA, March 19, 1987. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)

Jim Bakker, who lost his ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86

By Jim Salter

October 6, 2026 at 6:16 a.m.

Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around...

President Jimmy Carter and Pope John Paul II are shown at the White House Saturday, Oct. 6, 1979. (AP Photo)

Today in History: Pope John Paul II visits the White House

By Associated Press

October 6, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On Oct. 6, 1979, Pope John Paul II, on a weeklong U.S. tour, became the...

Pope John Paul II in Grant Park in Chicago in October 1979. (baiduhai historical photo)

Today in Chicago History: Pope John Paul II conducts sermon by the shore in Grant Park

By Kori Rumore

October 5, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 5, according...

Pope Leo XIV receives flowers he put under the statue of the Virgin Mary in the Church of Our lady of Muxima, on the seventh day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, in Muxima, Angola, Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Guglielmo Mangiapane/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Leo prays at Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade

By Nicole Winfield

April 19, 2026 at 12:37 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday recalled the “sorrow and great suffering” Angolans endured for centuries,...

Pope Leo XIV arrives in procession to celebrate Mass at Yaounde Ville Airport, Cameroon, Saturday, April 18, 2026 on the sixth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate President Trump but will keep preaching peace

By Nicole Winfield

April 18, 2026 at 11:34 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV spoke to reporters aboard the papal plane Saturday, addressing the spiraling back-and-forth...

Pastors of St. Barnabas the Rev. William Malloy, Rev. Raymond Goedert, Rev. Raymond Tillrock and Rev. Jim Donovan stand together at the opening of an addition to St. Barnabas school under the Imagine Campaign June 6, 2021. (St. Barnabas Parish)

St. Barnabas Parish shocked by pastor’s sudden reassignment

By Addison Wright

April 18, 2026 at 5:15 a.m.

St. Barnabas Parish members were shocked about the Rev. Jim Donovan's sudden transfer to St....

Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo celebrates after sinking a 3-pointer against UConn in the Elite Eight on March 29, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. (Tony Gutierrez/AP)

Catholic schools Notre Dame and Villanova will start basketball season in Rome with men’s-women’s doubleheader

By Associated Press

April 17, 2026 at 9:40 a.m.

Notre Dame and Villanova will play a men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader to open the...

Pope Leo XIV delivers the homily during Mass at the Japoma Stadium, in Douala, Cameroon, Friday, April 17, 2026 on the fifth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope urges young people to resist temptation of corruption in big Mass in Cameroon

By Nicole Winfield

April 17, 2026 at 8:11 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV urged Cameroon’s young people on Friday to resist the temptation of corruption...

The Chicago Public Schools headquarters on West Madison Street in Chicago is seen on July 10, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

CPS restores disability support funding in Catholic schools

By Kate Armanini

April 17, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools restored instructional support funding to more than 800 Catholic school students with...

John Prevost, brother of Pope Leo XIV, holds a portrait of the three Prevost brothers from 1958 while answering reporters' questions outside his New Lenox home May 8, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

New Lenox police investigate bomb threat against Pope Leo XIV’s brother’s home

By Addison Wright

April 16, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

New Lenox police are investigating an unfounded bomb threat against the home of Pope Leo...

Pope Leo XIV leads a meeting for peace at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, with the local community Thursday, April 16, 2026, on the fourth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope blasts ‘tyrants’ ravaging the planet during his visit to Cameroon

By Nicole Winfield

April 16, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV blasted the “handful of tyrants” who are ravaging Earth with war and...

Pope Leo XIV holds the Gospel Book as he celebrates a Mass in the Saint Augustine Basilica in Annaba, Algeria, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, on the second day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope doubles down on peace and unity message as Trump’s criticism continues

By Nicole Winfield

April 15, 2026 at 12:30 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday doubled down as U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism showed no...

Bicyclists pass the Chicago Theological Seminary on the campus of the University of Chicago on April 14, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Chicago Theological Seminary stops admitting new students as financial pressure grows

By Rebecca Johnson

April 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Chicago Theological Seminary has stopped admitting new students in its degree programs amid mounting...