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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...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, right, presents former White Sox player Paul Konerko with a jersey signed by Pope Leo XIV during a ceremony honoring the 2005 World Series Champions before a baseball game between the Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox, Saturday, July 12, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago White Sox great Paul Konerko gets a gift from Pope Leo XIV in honor of 2005 World Series title

By Associated Press

July 14, 2025 at 1:12 p.m.

Chicago White Sox great Paul Konerko got a present from one No. 14 to another...

St. Frances Xavier Cabrini in an undated photo. (The National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini)

Vintage baiduhai: Mother Cabrini’s Chicago milestones on her path to sainthood

By Kori Rumore

July 10, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American...

A sign with a painting and name of Pope Leo XIV is posted on the front lawn of his childhood home at 212 East 141st Place, July 2, 2025, in Dolton. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Dolton closes on purchase of Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home at cost of $375,000

By Mike Nolan

July 10, 2025 at 3:09 p.m.

Dolton paid $375,000, including commission fees, to buy the modest brick home where Robert Francis...

FILE – A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is photographed May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Pastors who endorse political candidates shouldn’t lose tax-exempt status, IRS says in filing

By Fatima Hussein

July 8, 2025 at 6:05 p.m.

The move effectively calls for a carve out for religious organizations from the rarely used...

This photo provided by Dallas Gregory Dunn, shows Erton Köhler, the newly elected president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church General Conference, posing for a portrait at a gathering of the denomination’s top governing body in St. Louis, Mo., on July 4, 2025. (David Sherwin via AP)

Newly-elected Seventh-day Adventist Church leader reflects on challenges and faith’s healthy living

By Luis Andres Henao

July 8, 2025 at 6:01 p.m.

The church’s sprawling geographic reach poses just one of the hurdles ahead in his duties...

Today in Chicago History: ‘Mother’ Cabrini named the 1st saint from the United States

By Kori Rumore

July 7, 2025 at 9:29 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 7, according...

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. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives at Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’

By Dario Artale

July 6, 2025 at 3:06 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to...

A view of the Papal or Apostolic Palace, a historic summer retreat for popes in the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo, about 30 kilometers southeast of Rome, where Pope Leo XIV will be spending a short period of rest, is seen Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he’s got plenty of homework

By Nicole Winfield

July 5, 2025 at 2:43 p.m.

The shy 69-year-old Augustinian missionary has eschewed the headline-grabbing protagonism of past pontiffs in favor...

FILE – Pope Leo XIV leaves after celebrating a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, June 29, 2025, where he conferred the pallium on newly appointed metropolitan archbishops. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope Leo XIV signals continuity on fighting abuse with new head of child protection board

By Nicole Winfield

July 5, 2025 at 12:46 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing...

A sign with a painting and the name of Pope Leo XIV is posted on the front lawn of his childhood home at 212 E. 141st Place in Dolton on July 2, 2025. A roofing company renovated the home's roof shingles and placed the sign on the lawn the previous day, according to a Dolton police officer who was posted in front of the structure. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Dolton buying Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in village, price uncertain

By Mike Nolan

July 2, 2025 at 1:46 p.m.

Dolton officials are moving ahead with plans to buy Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in...