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Married just over a year, Nicole McCaffery and Tyler Peters, of Kouts, matched all 34 answers in the Raise the Shoe Game to demonstrate how well they know each other at the Married Couples Retreat hosted by the Diocese of Gary on Feb. 14 at St. Paul in Valparaiso. The questions included “Who is the most religious?” and “Who is the most stubborn?” as well as more humorous queries like “Who has the better fashion sense?” (Marlene A. Zloza photo)

Seven basic principles to cultivate ‘an amazing relationship’ shared by speakers

Married Couples Retreat

Diocese of Gary teachers

Catholic school educators honored, recognized during professional development day

Teachers are Superheroes

Lunar New Year

Vietnamese community celebrates Lunar New Year with faith, fellowship and food

Running Together

Photo By Getty Images / azerberber

Parishes line up activities to reflect, repent and renew faith

Preparing for Lent

CYO

Hard work and good defense prove critical in championship games

CYO Boys’ Basketball

Dr. Claudia Sadowski

Leadership formation focuses on pastoral service within Hispanic communities

See. Illuminate. Act. Celebrate.

Nation & World

Scalabrini Father Leandro Fossá, left, Claretian Father Paul Keller and Sister Alicia Gutierrez, a member of the Society of Helpers, begin the walk toward the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill., on Ash Wednesday Feb. 18, 2026. Under a preliminary injunction, they were allowed to enter with Communion and ashes. (OSV News photo/Simone Orendain)

Pastoral care is finally allowed inside Chicago-area ICE facility

A statue of the Risen Christ on top of the facade of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican is seen in a Nov. 13, 2024, photo. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)

Easter evidence: Why Jesus' resurrection is trusted as true

The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaking at a news conference in London Aug. 14, 1986. Rev. Jackson, a towering civil rights icon who battled alongside the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., negotiated global hostage releases, and shamed corporations for their lack of corporate diversity and failure to support voting rights, died at age 84 Feb. 17, 2026. (OSV News photo/Peter Skingley, Reuters)

Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84; Catholic leaders praise civil rights leader's work for justice