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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...

Children run into the auditorium for the Easter egg hunt during an Easter extravaganza at New Life Covenant Church Southeast in Chicago’s Grand Crossing neighborhood on Saturday, April 4, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Hundreds of children attend Easter egg hunt at a South Side church

By Laura Turbay

April 4, 2026 at 6:43 p.m.

About 1,200 parents registered for the Easter event Saturday at the New Life Covenant Church...

Church members including Joy Shahabi, from left, Narjes Delacai and Fereidoon Tadayyon greet each other during services on Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026, at Kheimeh Molaghat, in Addison. The nondenominational church has a predominantly Iranian American congregation. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

At Easter time, local Iranian Christians pray for regime change and freedom of worship as war rages in their homeland

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

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

As a small Persian church in the western suburbs prepares for Easter, its members hope...

People dressed as the women of Jerusalem sing along 18th Street during the annual Good Friday Via Crucis procession in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on April 3, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Photos: Annual Good Friday Via Crucis procession

By Josh Boland

April 3, 2026 at 3:23 p.m.

Annual Good Friday Via Crucis – or Way of the Cross – procession in Chicago’s...

Children dressed as disciples of Jesus and an angel walk on 18th Street during the annual Good Friday Via Crucis procession in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on April 3, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Annual Way of the Cross draws crowds on Good Friday in Pilsen

By Laura Turbay

April 3, 2026 at 3:13 p.m.

Hundreds of people attended the Via Crucis in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood on Good Friday, straining...

Pope Leo XIV attends the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Catholic Good Friday, Friday, April 3, 2026 (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV to carry cross for entire procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades

By Associated Press

April 3, 2026 at 1:44 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV will personally carry the wooden cross through all 14 stations of the...

The Rev. Kenneth J. Anderson, pastor of St. John Henry Newman Parish in Evanston, has been asked to step away from handling parish finances after the Archdiocese of Chicago said questions arose. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Evanston pastor removed from managing church’s finances after ‘serious concerns’

By Claire Murphy

April 3, 2026 at 3:05 p.m.

Evanston's St. John Henry Newman Catholic Rev. Kenneth Anderson will step down from financial management...

Pope John Paul II makes a brief appearance in the court yard of Holy Name Cathedral after the Chicago Symphony concert on Oct. 5, 1979, in Chicago. (James Mayo/baiduhai) published on Oct. 19, 1979.

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Today in History: John Paul II dies

By Associated Press

April 2, 2026 at 3:30 a.m.

On April 2, 2005, John Paul II, the Polish pope born Karol Józef Wojtyła, died...

Sister Bernadette Eaton, of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, holds a crucifix outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Judge orders Trump administration to allow clergy access at Broadview immigration facility for Easter holy days

By Madeline Buckley

March 31, 2026 at 1:10 p.m.

A federal judge on Tuesday allowed clergy members from the Chicago area to minister to...

Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the Illinois Municipal League in Vatican City on March 30, 2026. (Vatican Media)

Matteson Mayor Sheila Chalmers-Currin leads delegation of municipal leaders to meet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican

By Evy Lewis

March 31, 2026 at 6:03 p.m.

A delegation of Illinois mayors led by Matteson Mayor Sheila Chalmers-Currin was granted an audience...

Pope Leo XIV presides over Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on the Catholic feast of Palm Sunday, commemorating Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message

By Nicole Winfield

March 29, 2026 at 8:35 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for...