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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...

Little remained of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel the day after a former Marine opened fire and set the building ablaze in Grand Blanc Township, Mich., Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Man who attacked Michigan church became ‘unhinged’ when talking about Mormon faith

By Ed White

September 29, 2025 at 5:39 p.m.

The man who shot up a Michigan church and set a fire that killed four...

First responders observe a moment of silence during a ceremony after the fifth Blue Mass Sept. 28, 2025, at St. Francis of Assisi in Orland Park. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

Orland Park Catholic church honors first responders with special Blue Mass

By Jeff Vorva

September 29, 2025 at 11:28 a.m.

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orland Park started the Blue Mass after the...

Joanne Green of Fenton, 75, top right, and McKenna Harrington of Davison, 25, second from right, comfort Katelyn Kruse of Fenton, 26, center, after Kruse was present at the scene of a shooting and structure fire at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on McCandlish Road in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sept. 28, 2025. (Katy Kildee/The Detroit News)

Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan and shooter is down, police say

By Associated Press

September 28, 2025 at 3:11 p.m.

Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is...

El reverendo Carmelo Méndez (centro) camina en una procesión para inmigrantes desde San Óscar Romero, en el barrio de New City, hasta Santa Rita de Casia, en el barrio de Chicago Lawn, como parte de la celebración de la Semana Nacional de la Migración organizada por la Arquidiócesis de Chicago el 24 de septiembre de 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

As fear of ICE arrests grips immigrants across Chicago, faith leaders offer resources and moral support

By Tess Kenny

September 29, 2025 at 3:47 p.m.

Faith leaders are on the front lines with demonstrators, attending rallies and protests and providing...

Bishop Thomas Paprocki, of the Springfield Catholic diocese, testifies during a Senate Executive committee hearing at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Chicago archbishop’s decision to honor Dick Durbin stirs Catholic abortion debate

By Associated Press

September 25, 2025 at 6:07 a.m.

A Catholic bishop’s opposition to the Archdiocese of Chicago’s plans to honor Sen. Dick Durbin...

Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane, Washington, right, addresses the media after being introduced by Cardinal Francis George, left, as the new archbishop designate for Chicago at a news conference at Archbishop Quigley Center on Sept. 20, 2014. (Abel Uribe/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Pope Francis names Blase Cupich to lead Archdiocese of Chicago

By Kori Rumore

September 20, 2025 at 4:30 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 20, according...

Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square on the occasion of the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo talks Trump, sex abuse scandals, LGBTQ+ welcome and China in his first interview

By Associated Press

September 18, 2025 at 9:57 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV said in his first interview as history’s first American pope that he...

Security video shows federal agents arresting Joram Núñez Joaquín, the local leader of La Luz del Mundo church, during his morning sermon in Cicero on Sept. 10, 2025. Joaquín was charged in a racketeering indictment in New York with helping church leaders cover up years of child sex abuse. (U.S. District Court records)

Suburban La Luz Del Mundo church leader ordered held in child sex trafficking case

By Jason Meisner

September 15, 2025 at 6:10 p.m.

A federal judge in Chicago on Monday ordered the pastor of a local chapter of...

Pope Leo XIV appears at his studio’s window to bless the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the Angelus prayer, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV marvels at ‘huge learning curve’ in an interview released on his 70th birthday

By Nicole Winfield

September 14, 2025 at 9:03 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV has marveled at the “huge learning curve” he has taken on as...

Foreign dignitaries and invited guests sit behind the casket of Mother Teresa during her funeral mass in the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Calcutta, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1997. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Today in History: Funeral held for Mother Teresa

By Associated Press

September 13, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

On Sept. 13, 1997, a funeral was held in Kolkata, India, for Nobel peace laureate Mother...