Bishop Robert J. McClory makes remarks during his first meeting with the Diocesan Pastoral Council, which focused on safety protocol and re-opening actions related to the coronavirus, before the Social Teaching Commission gave a presentation about the challenge of racism, at Nativity of Our Savior in Portage on Oct. 8....

  John Dodson III, Bishop Noll Institute class of 2012, stands near an athletics trophy case at the Hammond school after the boys basketball coach conducted a pre-season workout on Oct. 9. Dodson, a member of the 2011 BNI state tournament runner-up team and former Benedictine University (Ill.) standout, was hired...

  Father Richard Fragomeni,  a Catholic Theological and DePaul University professor, discusses baptism as leading Catholics to ministry as priests, prophets and kings during a Diocese of Gary Conference '20 spiritual renewal for liturgical ministers. Hosted by St. Patrick in Chesterton on Oct. 10, the annual liturgical conference was offered in...