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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...

Vice President JD Vance, right, and second lady Usha Vance watch a demonstration by Marines during activities to mark the upcoming Marine Corps’ 250th anniversary on Oct 18, 2025, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, California. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

JD Vance hopes his Hindu wife converts to Christianity, sparking debate on interfaith marriage

By Deepa Bharath

November 8, 2025 at 2:58 p.m.

JD Vance told a students that he hopes his Hindu wife would someday convert to...

The Moody Bible Institute campus on July 30, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Moody Bible Institute sues CPS for religious discrimination

By Kate Armanini

November 7, 2025 at 1:21 p.m.

The Moody Bible Institute is suing the Chicago Board of Education for alleged religious discrimination.

Dominican Sister Christin Tomy, left, serves communion to members of the procession outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview after eucharistic ministers, including Tomy, attempted to serve Holy Communion to detainees, Oct. 11, 2025, during the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership’s eucharistic procession. The procession marched from St. Eulalia Catholic Church in Maywood. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Pope Leo XIV calls on Trump administration to allow detainees in Broadview to receive communion

By Associated Press

November 7, 2025 at 2:43 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV called on the Trump Administration to allow detainees in Broadview to receive...

Sugar skulls known as “calaveritas” or little skulls, traditionally added to Day of the Dead altars honoring deceased loved ones, are displayed for sale at the Dulces de Ampudia market in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

How Mexico’s Day of the Dead turns skulls into joyful sugar treats

By Associated Press

November 1, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.

Marigolds? Check. Candles? Check. And of course, sugar skulls — the final touch on altars...

People join Olvera Street merchants in a night procession during the Day of the Death festival, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Mexican Americans balance tradition and modernity in Day of the Dead celebrations

By Fernanda Figueroa

November 1, 2025 at 9:22 a.m.

This weekend, Mexican American families across the U.S. will gather to honor their ancestors with...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, from right, speaks alongside Vice President JD Vance and Chris Sununu, president & CEO of Airlines for America, about the impact of the government shutdown on the aviation industry, outside of the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Air traffic controller shortages lead to broader US flight delays as shutdown nears one-month mark

By Rio Yamat

October 31, 2025 at 3:33 p.m.

Continued staffing shortages in air traffic control facilities around the country were again causing delays...

Catrina sculptures stand in a field of cempasuchil flowers in San Luis Tlaxialtemalco on the outskirts of Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

This orange flower cloaks Mexico during Day of the Dead. Climate change is putting it at risk.

By Megan Janetsky

October 30, 2025 at 11:13 a.m.

The cempasuchil, also known as the Mexican marigold, has been farmed for generations and takes...

Six people are sworn in as members of the Dolton Historic Preservation Commission, set to plan next steps for Pope Leo XIV's childhood home, on Oct. 23, 2025. (Village of Dolton)

Six chosen to plan possible uses of Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home

By Olivia Stevens

October 28, 2025 at 3:22 p.m.

Dolton Clerk Alison Key with Will Davis, Deborah White, Vince Kolber, Garrett Ghezzi and Lisa...

The Rev. Emily Heitzman, center, from Loyola University Chicago, and protesters participate in the flower ceremony during an interfaith prayer service led by the North Shore Unitarian Church outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview on Oct. 24, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Local clergy, faith leaders decry Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘Antithetical to the Gospel’

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

October 25, 2025 at 4:43 p.m.

Cardinal Cupich, Pope Leo and hundreds of Christian clergy of various denominations say they stand...

People gather outside the Cathedral of the Holy Angels in Gary following services on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Holy Angels, VU chapel win Landmarks’ grants

By Carole Carlson

October 20, 2025 at 1:28 p.m.

Two local, venerable houses of worship — Cathedral of Holy Angels in the Diocese of...