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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 mass at Herr Farms in Lowell was created to minister and support migrant farm workers in Northwest Indiana. (Anna Ortiz/Post-Tribune)

Gary bishop to migrant workers: ‘We love you and will continue to pray for you’

By Anna Ortiz

July 30, 2025 at 2:11 p.m.

Surrounded by corn stalks and soybeans, priests and parish members throughout Northwest Indiana gathered at...

Former Gary diocese priest stripped of duties after sexual misconduct

By Maya Wilkins

July 28, 2025 at 3:56 p.m.

Rev. Stephen Titko was restricted from public ministry after sexual misconduct in the 1980s. He...

Faithful wait for the start of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican reports good profit on investments and real estate as Pope Leo XIV tackles financial crisis

By Associated Press

July 28, 2025 at 11:05 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago-born math major, is beginning to tackle the Holy See’s longstanding...

Archbishop William Hudson III and Pastor Andria Hudson, right, cut a ribbon for The Powerhouse in Posen with help from Posen Mayor Frank Podbielniak and others during a recent ceremony. The church purchased the former St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr Parish at 14410 S. McKinley Ave. (Craig Barnes)

Powerhouse Church brings ‘a new beginning’ to former St. Stanislaus in Posen

By Melinda Moore

July 25, 2025 at 3:21 p.m.

Powerhouse Church Chicago has expanded from Morgan Park to Posen and has purchased the former...

The Rev. Domenico Sorrentino, center, archbishop of Assisi in Italy, presents a relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis during a July 16 veneration at St. Florian Church in Hegewisch. Acutis is to be canonized on Sept. 7 as the Catholic Church's first millennial saint. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Relic of first millennial saint Carlo Acutis venerated in Hegewisch

By Janice Neumann

July 21, 2025 at 1:59 p.m.

A relic of Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized as the Catholic Church's first millennial...

A gust of wind blows Pope Leo XIV’s mantel at the end of the noon Angelus prayer in the square in front of the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sunday, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV renews his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

By Associated Press

July 20, 2025 at 2:08 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV renewed his call on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, asking...

Philip Odango, left, and David Charles attend an LGBTQ outreach mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on July 13, 2025, in Chicago. The Mass was organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago’s LGBTQ+ outreach ministry, AGLO Chicago.(Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Will Pope Leo forge greater LGBTQ+ inclusion? Chicago-area Catholics pray for ‘reconciliation rather than division.’

By Angie Leventis Lourgos

July 20, 2025 at 2:10 p.m.

A July 13 Mass was organized by the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago’s LGBTQ+ outreach ministry,...

Father Gabriel Romanelli, Latin parish priest of Gaza Strip, left, prays during the midnight Christmas Eve mass at Deir Al Latin Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, Dec. 24, 2021. (Adel Hana/AP)

Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to Pope Francis

By Wafaa Shurafa

July 17, 2025 at 4:53 p.m.

An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza...

Skokie residents objected to a Buddhist community center being built near Babb and Lincoln Avenues. The Skokie Village Board voted to block the proposal at its July 7 meeting. (Village of Skokie)

Skokie Village Board blocks Buddhist center near downtown after neighbors object

By Richard Requena

July 15, 2025 at 1:42 p.m.

The Skokie Village Board rejected two of three elements to a plan for a Buddhist...

A picture of new Pope Leo XIV as a child in 1959, center, with his brothers Louis, left, and John, right, is laid out on a kitchen table at the home of his brother, John Prevost, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in New Lenox. (Photo courtesy John Prevost)

The south suburban world where Pope Leo XIV grew up now very much changed

By Olivia Stevens

July 15, 2025 at 4:25 p.m.

Places where Robert Francis Prevost may have spent childhood in, around Dolton is mostly now...