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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...

Dolton Trustee Tammie Brown holds up a shirt sold as part of a fundraiser by the Dolton Firefighters Assocation on Sept. 11, 2025. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Dolton plans celebration for Pope Leo XIV’s 70th birthday on Sunday

By Olivia Stevens

September 14, 2025 at 8:53 a.m.

Dolton will host a program and celebration outside of Robert Prevost's childhood home between 10...

A tapestry with a portrait of Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized on Sunday, hangs on the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, as two Carabinieri officers patrol in St. Peter’s Square. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope Leo XIV declares teen computer whiz Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint

By Nicole Winfield

September 7, 2025 at 1:18 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV declared a 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint Sunday,...

The Rev. Manuel Dorantes walks the grounds of Borgo Laudato Si’ on May 20, 2025, outside Rome. Dorantes moved from serving in Chicago to Italy after being appointed by Pope Francis as the administrative management director of the Laudato Si’ Center for Higher Education in 2024. The 165-acre property next to the pope’s summer home, Castel Gandolfo, includes historic gardens, monuments and new areas for organic farming and education. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago priest to lead Vatican sustainable farming project that will include restaurant by Art Smith and Phil Stefani

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

September 5, 2025 at 5:10 p.m.

The Rev. Manuel Dorantes, who immigrated to Waukegan from Mexico as a child, serves as...

Students of St. John Berchmans’ school hold items often linked to Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized a saint by Pope Leo XIV, before Mass at Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Carlo Acutis, the saint next door: A teen computer whiz becomes church’s first millennial saint

By Jessie Wardarski

September 5, 2025 at 6:24 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, will declare Carlo Acutis a saint on Sunday in...

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo meets LGBTQ+ Catholic advocate and vows continuity with Pope Francis’ legacy of welcome

By Nicole Winfield

September 1, 2025 at 11:59 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+...

The Rev. Corey Brooks, right, known as “The Rooftop Pastor,” laughs with congregation member Shari Lewis after a service at New Beginnings Church of Chicago in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on Aug. 31, 2025. Brooks is doing a walk across America campaign to raise $25 million for a new community center and violence prevention initiatives. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

‘Rooftop Pastor’ Corey Brooks to make second cross-country walk to fundraise for Woodlawn community center

By Cam'ron Hardy

September 1, 2025 at 11:06 a.m.

Chicago’s “Rooftop Pastor,” the Rev. Corey Brooks, is set to embark on another yearlong, cross-country...

Pope Leo demands end to the ‘pandemic of arms’ as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting

By Nicole Winfield

August 31, 2025 at 9:21 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the “pandemic of arms, large...

Churchgoers pray at the life-size sculpture of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the chapel of St. Joseph at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe during the first stop of its international tour on Aug. 27, 2025, in Des Plaines. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Life-size statue of Virgin Mary arrives at Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Des Plaines

By Paulina Czupryna

August 28, 2025 at 4:57 p.m.

Known as the "Pilgrim Mother," the 4-foot-8 statue arrived in Des Plaines on Wednesday from...

Parents comfort their children after a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church on Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, in which two children died. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Cardinal Blase Cupich calls on those in power to make safety a ‘national priority’ after Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

By Rebecca Johnson

August 27, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.

Cardinal Blase Cupich called on those who hold power to “make the safety of our...

Pope Leo XIV reads his message during the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope demands end to ‘collective punishment’ and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza

By Nicole Winfield

August 27, 2025 at 8:17 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV demanded Wednesday that Israel stop the “collective punishment” and forced displacement of...