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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...

Pope Leo XIV gives a message to Rate Field during a citywide gathering and Mass at the ballpark in Chicago on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Pope Leo XIV encourages peace and harmony at Chicago’s Rate Field celebration

By Rebecca Johnson

June 14, 2025 at 9:37 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV shared a message of unity and hope to the thousands of faithful...

Mike Donatelli exits the Red Line before making his way to Rate Field as Chicago celebrates the election of Pope Leo XIV with a citywide gathering and Mass on June 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Photos: Mass for Pope Leo XIV at Chicago White Sox’s Rate Field

By Antonio Perez

June 17, 2025 at 7:33 a.m.

The Archdiocese of Chicago celebrated the historic election of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV on June...

Sister Mary Jo Sobieck laughs with the Bulls' Jabari Parker before the start of the game between the Cubs and the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago on Sept. 22, 2018. Sobieck gave Parker pointers on pitching. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhai)

How these Chicago nuns use sports to spread their message of service: ‘When we band together, we’re powerful’

By Kori Rumore

June 13, 2025 at 3:52 p.m.

They wear black and white, but still stand out in a sea of Chicago White...

FILE – The body of Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia, lies in his tomb in Assisi, Italy, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)

Pope Leo XIV to canonize first millennial saint Carlo Acutis in September

By Nicole Winfield

June 13, 2025 at 7:33 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV set Sept. 7 as the rescheduled date to canonize the Catholic Church’s...

Pope Leo XIV wears a Chicago White Sox baseball cap as he meets newly wedded couples during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 11, 2025. (Filippo Monteforte/Getty-AFP)

Divine revelations: Pope Leo XIV’s attendance at 2005 World Series leaves champion White Sox with an immaculate legacy

By Andrew Carter

June 11, 2025 at 3:13 p.m.

As the Chicago White Sox honor Pope Leo XIV with an outdoor Mass on Saturday,...

FILE – A flag from the United States waves from the crowd as Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 11, 2025.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

How the Vatican manages money and where Pope Leo XIV might find more

By Nicole Winfield

June 10, 2025 at 1:08 p.m.

The last year the Holy See published a consolidated budget, in 2022, it projected $878...

An attendee holds up a ballot during the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Southern Baptists target porn and ‘willful childlessness’

By Peter Smith

June 9, 2025 at 8:28 p.m.

The proposed resolutions call for laws on gender, marriage and family based on what they...

In this Jan. 3, 2018, file photo, the angel Moroni statue, silhouetted against the sky, sits atop the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at Temple Square, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Today in History: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints allow Black men into priesthood

By Associated Press

June 9, 2025 at 4:00 a.m.

On June 9, 1978, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints struck...

Pope Leo XIV caresses a little girl as he arrives to celebrate a Mass for the Jubilee of New Religious Associations on Pentecost Day in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo criticizes political nationalism and prays for reconciliation and dialogue

By Associated Press

June 8, 2025 at 9:07 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV criticized the surge of nationalist political movements in the world as he...

Women gather together at the Eid Al-Adha celebration on Friday, June 6, 2025, at Crown Point's Sparta Dome. (Deborah Laverty/for Post-Tribune)

Northwest Indiana’s Muslim community comes together to observe Eid Al-Adha

By Deborah Laverty

June 7, 2025 at 12:42 p.m.

Muslims from throughout Northwest Indiana gathered together on Friday to pray and celebrate Eid Al-Adha.