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Hello, I'm Maggie Murray of OSV News, and this is your OSV Newscast for Tuesday, November 10th, 2026. Or if you're from the Midwest, a date more commonly known as the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior 51 years ago today. In other news, Pope Leo XIV continues his apostolic visit to South America today, flying from Buenos Aires to Córdoba in Argentina this morning to celebrate Mass with over 650,000 people and returning back to the capital city this evening for a youth vigil at the Monumento de los Espanoles. Tomorrow's schedule will include a Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Lujan, a popular national pilgrimage site, and the Pope's highly anticipated return to Peru when he lands in Lima tomorrow afternoon. With that, let's catch you up on the Catholic news of the day. Here we go. Pope Leo has again pointed to Enrique Shaw, the Argentine businessman and father of nine, as a model of how faith can transform economic life. Speaking November 9th at the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and Buenos Aires, the Pope praised Shaw as a Catholic entrepreneur whose conversion through the Church's social doctrine shaped his vision of business as a true community of people called to grow together. Calling him the future blessed, Pope Leo highlighted Shaw's conviction that Christian business leaders are called to sanctify both themselves and their profession. Born in 1921, Shaw left a promising naval career to marry, raise a family, and serve the church through business leadership. As managing director of Rigolo Glass, he expanded health and welfare programs for workers and persuaded shareholders to reverse plans to lay off 1,200 employees during a 1961 economic crisis. His granddaughter, Maria Elena Crito, said Shaw embodied Catholic social teaching in the business world. Declared venerable in 2021, Shaw is now on the path to beatification after recognition of a miracle attributed to his intercession. Less than a week after midterm elections, in which Democrats won major congressional gains and flipped several state houses, President Trump suggested he may be open to a bipartisan immigration deal. In a November 8th interview on CBS's 60 Minutes, Trump acknowledged his administration's immigration crackdown is too tough and said he would love to do something on immigration. He admitted the mass deportation push may have hurt him politically, and said some Democrats have already contacted him about a compromise. Catholic advocates for migrants responded with a mix of hope and caution. Dominican father Brendan Curran said he was delightfully surprised and viewed the remarks as a positive step, while stressing that real progress would require serious negotiations. Others were more skeptical. Kevin Appleby of the Center for Migration Studies said he remains cautiously doubtful that a deal will materialize, noting that reform has long been difficult. Still, he argued that any agreement should include protections for long-term immigrants with families who have established lives and contributed to their communities. Support for the death penalty among U.S. adults has fallen below a majority for the first time since 1971, according to a new Gallup poll. The November 10th survey found 49% in favor of the death penalty for convicted murderers, while 45% are opposed. Gallup called the findings statistically similar to last year's 52% approval, but the number marks the first time support has dipped below the majority level in more than half a century. Chrissanne Valencourt Murphy, executive director of Catholic Mobilizing Network, said the results show fewer and fewer people are buying the false rhetoric that the death penalty is effective or fair. The poll was conducted October 1st through 19th, a window that began the day after the failed execution of Tennessee inmate Krista Pike. During the same period, President Trump called off plans to live stream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nadal Malik Hassan, a proposal condemned by U.S. bishops. The Catholic bishops of Massachusetts are pushing back on the governor's decision to expedite a controversial late-term abortion law, just days after tens of thousands of voters called for putting the issue back on the ballot in 2028. In a November 6th Substack post, Governor Mora Healy, a Catholic, announced she would invoke a state constitutional provision, so the law, which removes previous guardrails against late-term abortion and requires only the professional judgment of the physician, takes effect November 8th as scheduled, while the referendum process continues. She cited both her Catholic faith and her role as governor in explaining the move, saying the latter in particular entailed a responsibility to allow families to make deeply personal medical decisions. In a November 7th statement, Archbishop Richard Henning of Boston and the state's bishops rejected that reasoning, disagreeing that abortion, the taking of human life, may be considered healthcare. They also disagreed that there is an emergency requiring further expansion of the already radically permissive law, and urged legislators and all men and women of goodwill to reconsider the state of our culture and its merciless approach to the elderly, the sick, the vulnerable, and the unborn. The Papal Charity Aid to the Church in Need is calling on U.S. parishes, schools, and families to join Red Week, an international campaign for persecuted Christians. The November 15th to 22nd observance is expected to draw some 125,000 participants, combining prayer with events highlighting the global scope of Christian persecution. In late October, ACN released a report finding deteriorating conditions for Christians in 55% of the 18 countries studied from 2024 to 2026. Bishop Robert Brennan of Brooklyn, whose diocese is home to ACN's U.S. offices, called the report's findings shocking at just how mainstream the persecution of Christians is as simply part of the global reality. According to ACN, religious freedom is seriously violated in 62 of 196 countries, with an estimated 220 million Christians directly exposed to persecution. Americans are encouraged to light churches in red, the color of martyrdom, wear red, pray, host talks, and raise funds for ACN's work. 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.