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BNI Spring Gala

Volunteers, stakeholders and bidders help make BNI Spring Gala a success

A Night to Remember, A Legacy to Continue

Bishop Robert J. McClory comforts parents Julio and Iliana Fonseca, of Munster, as he presents them with a lit candle in remembrance of their son, Julio Camilo Fonseca, who died in 2014, three days after his birth. The couple, with their two daughters, attended the annual Pregnancy and Infant Loss Memorial Mass hosted by the Diocese of Gary on May 3 at St. John Bosco in Hammond. (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Parents gather as diocese honors young children lost too soon

Mass of Remembrance

Hallow representative talks with students

Hallow representative shares five things that happen when we pray

Developing a Culture of Prayer

Krystal Quagliara

Local podcaster continues to explore the lives of Catholic moms

Messy But Marian

Kris and Jim Kazmierczak

LOSS provides safe, nonjudgmental environment for those grieving

The First Steps in Healing

Char Reynolds, recipient of the 2026 Dr. John Kelly Founder’s Award, carries a bouquet and plaque among guests at the Lake County Right to Life banquet hosted on April 24 at Avalon Manor in Merrillville. The 53rd annual fundraising banquet featured keynote speaker Doctor George Delgado, a San Diego, California-based physician who pioneered an abortion pill reversal treatment that has saved the lives of more than 8,000 babies. (Anthony D. Alonzo photo)

Pro-life advocates gather at Lake County Right to Life Banquet

Culture of Life

Nation & World

On the steps of Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home in Dolton, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, the Midwest Augustinians outgoing superior, Father Anthony B. Pizzo, blesses the crowd after blessing the framed portrait of Pope Leo held by the chairman of the Pope Leo XIV American Legacy Foundation, Vince Kolber, while Village of Dolton Mayor Jason House and his staff bow their heads. (OSV News photo/Simone Orendain)

First-ever pilgrimage celebrates Pope Leo with Mass, visits to papal boyhood landmarks

Participants of the "Witness to Hope: Pastoral Care of Immigrant Communities" summit at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit May 6, 2026, pray over Daris Bartolon and her daughter, Maddeline. Daris and her daughter fled their native Guatemala in order to get away from her domestic abuser. She has a court date June 1 to hear her plea for asylum. (OSV News photo/Valaurian Waller, special for Detroit Catholic)

3rd 'Witness to Hope' summit focuses on how Church can better support, protect immigrants

Pope Leo XIV poses with Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim during the Roman Curia's annual Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel at the Vatican Feb. 22, 2026. The Norwegian bishop was chosen by Pope Leo to preach at the Lenten retreat, which ran from Feb. 22 to 27, and reflected on the theme, "Illuminated by a Hidden Glory." (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)

Bishop Varden on hope, AI, patience -- and not weaponizing Christianity