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Hello, I'm Maggie Murray of OSV News, and this is your OSV Newscast for Thursday, November 5th, 2026. Pope Leo XIV sets out tomorrow on the longest international journey of his pontificate. According to the full schedule the Vatican released in September, the Pope will travel more than 19,000 miles on 14 flights during his November 6th to 17th visit to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru. It is the first papal visit to Latin America of his pontificate. Over 12 days, he will celebrate nine public masses, visit seven cathedrals, and preside over two stadium prayer vigils. The journey begins with a flight of more than 14 hours and 6,900 miles from Rome to Montevideo, Uruguay. After that, he will travel to a new destination nearly every day, including a 2,200-mile flight from Buenos Aires to Lima, Peru, and a November 14th military helicopter flight to the Andes town of Santa Cruz de Suchabamba. The trip culminates in Chiclayo, Peru, where he served as bishop from 2015 to 2023. With that, let's catch you up on the Catholic news of the day. Here we go. Pope Leo is asking Catholics to pray this month for the proper use of wealth, reminding believers that real riches are found not in accumulating possessions, but in sharing them with love. In his monthly Pray with the Pope video, released November 3rd through the Pope's worldwide prayer network, the pontiff reflected on the Christian understanding of material goods and responsibility toward others. Nothing is ours alone. Everything is a shared gift, he said, noting that everyone benefits from gifts received from God, including natural resources, personal talents, and the work of previous generations. The Pope warned that the pursuit of wealth can harden our hearts, leading people to forget those most in need. Forgive us for storing up instead of sharing, he prayed, asking pardon for using goods as power rather than as a service. Echoing Jesus' teaching, Pop Leo said, true wealth is not found in what we keep, but in what we give with love. He urged Catholics to use money, time, and talents as instruments of fraternity, and prayed that wealth be transformed into service, mercy, justice, and peace. When Poplio visits the Pequeno Cotolango Don Orione on the outskirts of Buenos Aires on November 9th, he will step into one of Latin America's largest residential centers for people with disabilities. Despite its name, the Little Cotolango spans 50 hectares and serves 415 residents with physical and intellectual disabilities, supported by about 400 employees. Founded on the charism of St. Luigi Orione and inspired by St. Joseph Benedict Cotolengo, it describes itself as a city of charity. During his 45-minute visit, the Pope will meet residents and staff in the shrine that houses Don Orione's heart. We want people with disabilities to be the protagonists, Brother Jorge Solanes, the center's director said. The visit comes amid a national debate over disability funding and government audits under President Javier Millet. The Cotolango has reported delays in federal support for medicines, diapers, and other essentials. And Argentina's bishops have warned that inadequate payments put residents' care at risk. Bishop Jorge Lugones called the stop a very strong sign for Argentine society. Bishop Robert McClory of Gary, Indiana, says his ministry compels him to lead people toward a deeper appreciation of the value of every human life, including those who have committed horrible crimes. In an interview ahead of this morning's execution of convicted child killer Jeffrey Wisight at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, which sits in his diocese, the bishop pointed to recent shocking events that have heightened public awareness of the death penalty, including a botched execution in Tennessee and a proposed, later canceled, livestream of a military execution. Weight, age 50, was found guilty in 2013 of murdering his girlfriend's two young children in a 2010 house fire. He died by lethal injection of pentobarbital, with a time of death pronounced at 12 45 a.m. Central Time. Bishop McClurry had released a video calling for the repeal of Weisight's death sentence. Hours before the execution, Weisight's attorney urged Governor Mike Braun to intervene and said scrutiny of Indiana's drug purchases would continue. New York Archbishop Ronald Hicks, the Archdiocese of New York, and the Archcare Catholic Healthcare Ministry have joined a lawsuit challenging the state's Medical Aid and Dying Act, which took effect August 5th. They joined four orders of nuns and other ministries in the suit, filed October 29th in federal court in Albany and handled by the religious liberty law firm Beckett. A temporary restraining order currently protects the nuns and ministries, and Archbishop Hicks is seeking the same for ArchCare and other Catholic providers. A similar order is in effect in Illinois. The lawsuit argues the law requires those who care for the terminally ill to proactively inform and counsel their patients about their option to kill themselves, which it says is far broader than anything required by states such as California, Oregon, and Washington. We refuse to allow New York to force us to harm the very ones we've been called to care for, Archbishop Hicks said in a statement released by Beckett. The case is Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm versus Letitia James. Pope Leo sets out tomorrow on his first trip to Latin America as Pope, a demanding 12-day journey that Vatican officials say he is eager to make, despite having lung cancer surgery just a few weeks ago. At a Vatican briefing earlier this week, press office director Matteo Bruni said the Pope will travel with only the ordinary medical assistance and needs no special equipment. Doctors have determined he is clinically fit to undertake this trip. The November 6th to 17th visit takes the Pope to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru, where his decades of missionary service shaped his pastoral vision. Monse Alvarado, the new prefect for the Dicastery for Communication, said the Pope is excited and described two central themes: a homecoming to the region that formed him as a pastor and a call for healing, dialogue, and peace. She also predicted plenty of unscripted moments, saying he's going to give you a lot of improvised text to work with. And that's your OSV Newscast for today. I'm Maggie Murray of OSV News. Check out the show notes for direct links to the stories in this episode. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast, follow us on social media, and bookmark osvnews.com. Thanks so much for listening and God bless. This has been an OSV News production. To learn more, visit osvnews.com.