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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...

Bishop Richard Moth speaks during a press conference announcing him as the new Archbishop of Westminster, replacing Cardinal Vincent Nichols as the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, in the Throne Room of Archbishop’s House, Westminster, London, Friday Dec. 19, 2025. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Pope names new archbishop of Westminster as part of generational shift in English-speaking hierarchy

By Nicole Winfield

December 19, 2025 at 12:39 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV named a new archbishop of Westminster on Friday in another high-profile appointment...

Oakwood Vines created a custom collection of wines in Lake Forest to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Church of St. Mary in Lake Forest. (Rebecca Quackenbush)

Lake Forest’s Church of St. Mary and a local winery create a custom wine collection for 150th anniversary

By Myrna Petlicki

December 18, 2025 at 3:54 p.m.

A custom collection of five wines was created by Oakwood Vines in Lake Forest in...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, right, and his successor Ronald Hicks arrive to lead a Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Dec. 18, 2025. Pope Leo XIV has accepted Dolan's resignation and named Joliet Bishop Hicks to replace him. (Charly Triballeau/Getty-AFP)

Pope Leo XIV names Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks as archbishop of New York

By Evy Lewis

December 18, 2025 at 3:34 p.m.

Bishop Ronald Hicks, the current bishop of Joliet, Illinois, replaces the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan...

Then-Auxiliary Bishop Ronald A. Hicks, left, meets with Pope Francis on Dec. 12, 2019, just before Hicks was named bishop of the Joliet Diocese. (Diocese of Joliet)

Pope Leo XIV to name Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks as next archbishop of New York: report

By Evy Lewis

December 17, 2025 at 2:38 p.m.

A longtime ally of Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks has been selected...

Two men hold an Israeli flag while attending a menorah lighting ceremony hosted by the Chabad Center for Jewish Life of the Loop and Gold Coast on Dec. 16, 2025, at Chicago’s Daley Plaza. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

At menorah lighting, Chicago’s Jewish community mourns Australia beach attack

By Tess Kenny

December 17, 2025 at 3:42 p.m.

Days after an antisemitic assault killed 15 people at one of Australia’s most popular beaches,...

Rabbi Levi Shemtov speaks to the crowd before he lights the Menorah during the annual National Menorah Lighting in celebration of Hanukkah, on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

US Jewish groups urge heightened security at public events after Hanukkah attack in Australia

By David Crary

December 15, 2025 at 5:38 p.m.

Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up...

A Nativity scene depicting baby Jesus with zip-tied hands and masked centurions with sunglasses labeled ICE and BP stands outside Lake Street Church of Evanston on Dec. 15, 2025. Lake Street Church and its leaders have been vocal critics of President Donald Trump’s administration and Operation Midway Blitz. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Nativity smashed, Mary figure ‘beaten’ at Evanston church: ‘God’s on the side of the vulnerable’

By Pam DeFiglio

December 16, 2025 at 3:09 p.m.

Vandals destroyed Lake Street Church of Evanston's Nativity. It replaced Mary with a sign saying...

Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he celebrates a Mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV criticizes prison overcrowding during special Mass for inmates, guards and families

By Nicole Winfield

December 14, 2025 at 3:03 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he...

Thornton High School District 205 teachers Amoz Wright and Lamont Bibbie sit in front of students who helped construct a bench honoring Pope Leo XIV: Lashon Washington, from left, Nevaeh Brown, Tanyja Campbell, Keanue Tyler and Jamari Brumfield. (Lamont Bibbie)

Thornton High School District 205 bench honoring Pope Leo XIV now in his childhood home

By Olivia Stevens

December 16, 2025 at 1:52 p.m.

Benches created by District 205 students and teachers depicting Pope Leo XIV are inside Pope...

The 100 best photos of 2025 by baiduhai photographers

By baiduhai

December 12, 2025 at 4:58 p.m.

In 2025, we covered an extraordinary year defined by joy, sadness and turmoil. Our photo...