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Lynda Levin, right, looks on as Cheryl Goodman decorates a stone during a vigil to honor of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks in Israel at the Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana in Munster, Indiana Wednesday October 7, 2026. The stones will be added to memorial rock garden outside the federation. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Jewish Federation of NWI remembers victims of Oct. 7 massacre

By Jim Masters

October 8, 2026 at 1:40 p.m.

Many members of the Jewish Federation of Northwest Indiana knew a family member, friend or...

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 Benedict XVI waves from the altar as he arrives on St Peter's square for his last weekly audience at the Vatican.

Today in History: Pope Benedict XVI announces resignation

By Associated Press

February 11, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

On Feb. 11, 2013, during a routine morning meeting of Vatican cardinals, Pope Benedict XVI...

Alicia Ferro picks up her third grader and kindergartener from St. Jerome Catholic School in Chicago’s Armour Square neighborhood on Jan. 30, 2026. The Archdiocese of Chicago announced that the school will be closing at the end of the school year. Ferro and her father are graduates of St. Jerome. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Parents push back on school closures after archdiocese says time to mobilize has passed: ‘We were blindsided’

By Hope Moses

February 10, 2026 at 6:18 a.m.

The Archdiocese of Chicago's plans to shutter St. Jerome and Sts. Bruno and Richard has...

FILE – This Oct. 26, 1966 file photo shows Bishop Fulton J. Sheen in his office at the Propagation of Faith in New York. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams, file)

Vatican again OKs beatification of Illinois native Archbishop Fulton Sheen

By Nicole Winfield

February 9, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification can now take place in Peoria as originally planned, the Peoria...

Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks laughs during a news conference at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Ronald Hicks, former bishop of Joliet and the next Catholic archbishop of New York, seeks ‘a church that builds bridges’

By Associated Press

February 6, 2026 at 1:22 p.m.

Ronald Hicks is set to be installed Friday as the 11th archbishop of New York...

Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on the Cathilic feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope, an avid athlete, extols physical and spiritual benefits of sport in Olympic message

By Nicole Winfield

February 6, 2026 at 6:25 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV, an avid tennis player and sports fan, marked the start of the...

Faith leaders gather in a church in Minnesota to prepare for participating in protest action on Jan. 22, 2026. (Julie Van Til)

Flossmoor pastor recounts ‘ground-level good’ in Minneapolis on interfaith protest mission

By Evy Lewis

January 29, 2026 at 1:58 p.m.

The Rev. Julie Van Til joined more than 600 religious leaders who travelled to Minneapolis...

Dame Sarah Mullally ahead of her Confirmation of Election ceremony legally confirming her as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul’s Cathedral, central London, Wednesday Jan. 28, 2026. (Gareth Fuller/Pool via AP)

Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, first woman to lead the Church of England

By Danica Kirka

January 28, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

Sarah Mullally, 63, became the archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday, making her the first woman...

Holocaust survivor Stanislaw Zalewski walks in the Auschwitz Nazi death camp museum during a ceremony marking the 81th anniversary of the camp's liberation in Oswiecim, Poland, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)

World pauses to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Vanessa Gera

January 27, 2026 at 7:49 a.m.

Holocaust survivors, politicians and regular people commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday.

Mayra Miranda collects her children and their schoolmates after they get out of St. Stanislaus Kostka Academy in West Town on Jan. 26, 2026. The school plans to close at the end of the school year after 151 years. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago Archdiocese to close 5 additional schools in Illinois due to enrollment and financial concerns

By Hope Moses

January 27, 2026 at 1:10 p.m.

The Archdiocese of Chicago announced five additional school closures across Illinois ahead of National Catholic...

Bishop John-Michael Villarreal testifies during the Human Rights, Anti-Authoritarianism, Reparatory and Restorative Truth Telling Commission public hearing held at the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Jan. 21, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago faith leaders recount harm from immigration agents: ‘Prayers and thoughts was not going to stop ICE’

By Rebecca Johnson

January 23, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

During two days of testimony, faith leaders and elected officials shared civil rights violations they...