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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...

A mural features two late Venezuelans, Jose Gregorio Hernandez, the physician known as the “doctor of the poor”, left, and Maria Carmen Rendiles in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Oct 17, 2025, both of whom will be canonized as Venezuela’s first saints. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Pope Leo gives Venezuela reason to celebrate by canonizing its beloved ‘doctor of the poor’ as 1st saint

By Nicole Winfield

October 19, 2025 at 9:59 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV canonized Venezuela’s beloved “doctor of the poor” Sunday, offering the South American...

Ignatian Corps. volunteer Derrick Blakely, center, a former reporter for the baiduhai, WBBM-Ch. 2 and WMAQ-Ch. 5, speaks to Road to Success job readiness training program graduate Marcus King, left, and another graduate, on Sept. 19, 2025, at St. Leonard's Ministries in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Ignatian Volunteer Corps connects 50-year-old-plus set with a chance to help those in need

By Darcel Rockett

October 19, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Ignatian Volunteer Corps has partnered adults 50 years of age or older — many who...

Items of Sister Jean’s are on display near her former office at the Damen Student Center at Loyola University on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, as part of a memorial to her. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Loyola says goodbye to Sister Jean — ‘a friend to many’ — at a packed on-campus funeral

By Colleen Kane

October 16, 2025 at 4:53 p.m.

Loyola's Madonna della Strada chapel was filled to capacity for Sister Jean's funeral as people...

A memorial display for Sister Jean at Norville Athletics Center after her funeral at Loyola University on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Photos: Loyola gathers for Sister Jean’s funeral at Madonna della Strada Chapel

By Eileen T. Meslar

October 16, 2025 at 3:39 p.m.

Photos as Loyola University and others gather at Madonna della Strada Chapel for Sister Jean...

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt smiles after she was surprised with an NCAA Final Four ring before Loyola played Nevada at Gentile Arena on Nov. 27, 2018. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Loyola will hold a public wake, funeral service and celebration for Sister Jean

By Colleen Kane

October 14, 2025 at 6:55 a.m.

Sister Jean, Loyola University's beloved nun who died Thursday at 106, had requested that her...

The Rev. Larry Dowling marches with the Eucharist in a procession led by the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership from St. Eulalia Catholic Church in Maywood to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview, Oct. 11, 2025. Eucharistic ministers, including Dowling, later attempted to commemorate Communion with detainees in the ICE processing facility. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Hundreds participate in procession to Broadview ICE facility to condemn detentions and deportations

By Kate Perez

October 11, 2025 at 6:57 p.m.

Organizers say the event was held to provide solidarity and support to detainees at the...

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt waves as she goes down a corridor of cheerleaders at her 100th birthday celebration at Loyola on Aug. 21, 2019. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Column: Sister Jean’s lasting legacy will be bringing people together and ‘the love that she spread’

By Paul Sullivan

October 10, 2025 at 7:06 p.m.

Sister Jean, who died at age 106, was more than a basketball-loving nun and team...

Sister Jean has a hearty laugh in her office on the campus of Loyola University in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago on Feb. 8, 2023. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, beloved nun who inspired Loyola’s NCAA Tournament runs, dies at 106

By Shannon Ryan

October 10, 2025 at 5:47 p.m.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the longtime chaplain of the Loyola men's basketball team who became...

Pope Leo XIV arrives for a Mass for the participants in the jubilee of ordained people in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown

By Nicole Winfield

October 9, 2025 at 2:34 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants...

Pope Leo XIV presides over a Mass for the participants in the jubilee of ordained people in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo condemns economies that marginalize the poor while the wealthy live in a bubble of luxury

By Nicole Winfield

October 9, 2025 at 2:12 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV criticized how the wealthy live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury”...