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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...

The Rev. David Ryan, then assistant executive director of Maryville Academy, spoke to the media about the alleged trouble at the facility on July 10, 2003. (James Branaman/baiduhai)

After a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse decades ago at Maryville Academy, a Lake Zurich priest is placed on leave for the third time

By Andrew Carter

August 18, 2025 at 12:19 p.m.

After the Chicago archdiocese places a Lake Zurich priest on leave for the third time,...

Khalil Abu Shaban, center, moves on an electric wheelchair, as he and other children injured during the war in Gaza are introduced at the "HEAL on the Farm" event at the Arab Chicago Farm in Frankfort on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the baiduhai)

As one injured Gazan boy heals in Chicago, US State Department halts visas for others seeking medical aid

By Rebecca Johnson

August 20, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

The US State Department announced Saturday it’s stopping visitor visas for people from Gaza while...

Pope Leo XIV is cheered by faithful as he arrives to celebrate a Mass at the Santa Maria della Rotonda Sanctuary in Albano Laziale, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for local homeless people; older brother reveals favorite candy, pizza

By Andrea Rosa

August 17, 2025 at 1:42 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV spent the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen refugees,...

Cardinal Blase Cupich is celebrating his 50th anniversary as a priest, Aug. 15, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Cardinal Blase Cupich celebrates 50 years as a priest. ‘Every day was an opportunity to live out my priesthood.’

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

August 15, 2025 at 5:54 p.m.

The archbishop of Chicago will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination with a golden...

Priests at St. John XXIII Parish in Evanston face challenges in their immigration status as they have spent years waiting for residency and may have to leave the U.S. before it comes through. St. Mary's Catholic Church is part of the parish, which welcomed in Rev. Jose Manuel Ortiz and Rev. Koudjo J. Jean Phillipe Lopko in 2022. (Richard Requena/Pioneer Press)

Two priests who serve the poor at Evanston church could be forced to leave US, parish fears

By Richard Requena

August 15, 2025 at 3:10 p.m.

Two Catholic priests in Evanston who are immigrants might be forced to leave the United...

Amelia Zaniewski 9, (center) sits on the shoulders of her father Walter Zaniewski, of Algonquin, Illinois, as they enter the monastery during a pilgrimage from Chicago's south side ending for the day at the Discalced Carmelite Fathers Monastery grounds in Munster on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. The group was headed to Merrillville Sunday morning where the pilgrimage concluded (John Smierciak / for the Post-Tribune)

Polish Catholics find rest in Munster during religious pilgrimage

By Alexandra Kukulka

August 11, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

Thousands of Polish Catholics turned the corner from White Oak Avenue onto Ridge Road around...

Pope Leo XIV holds a Mass with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV tells 1 million Catholic youths that they are ‘the sign a different world is possible’

By Colleen Barry

August 3, 2025 at 9:10 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing...

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

Moody Bible Institute lays off roughly 9% of staff, as small religious schools nationwide struggle with enrollment

By Kate Armanini

August 11, 2025 at 2:13 p.m.

Moody Bible Institute laid off roughly 9% of its staff, illustrating an ongoing enrollment struggle...

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (Ted Slowik/ Daily Southtown)

Government sues Silver Cross Hospital over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines; ex-employees say rights violated

By Mike Nolan

August 1, 2025 at 1:28 p.m.

Two former employees at Silver Cross hospital had their rights violated when fired for refusing...

The Rev. Larry Dowling shakes holy water over the casket of Sister Pat Murphy during her celebration of life Mass at Mercy Chapel in Evergreen Park on July 31, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Social justice advocate Sister Pat left legacy of defiant compassion: ‘She lived for others’

By Nell Salzman

August 4, 2025 at 2:43 p.m.

Sister Patricia Murphy, 96, spent her life serving immigrants, the poor and the forgotten — risking...