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The Tuesday Loop - November 10, 2026

TRUMP REFLECTS ON MIDTERMS, SAYS DEPORTATION POLICY MAY HAVE BEEN ‘TOO TOUGH’

President Donald Trump said his deportation policy might have been “too tough” and floated an immigration deal with Democrats during a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Nov. 8. Reflecting on Republicans’ midterm losses, he acknowledged the Iran war’s political cost but defended his decision to attack and blamed “bad messaging” for failing to convey his economic accomplishments.

SYRACUSE BISHOP ORDERS RETIREMENT OF PROGRESSIVE PRIEST WHOSE PARISH HOSTED AOC CAMPAIGN EVENT

After nearly 20 years at the helm of All Saints Church in Syracuse, New York, Father Frederick Daley will be retiring from the parish, according to an announcement from Bishop Douglas Lucia. Fr. Daley has overseen the introduction and proliferation of controversial progressive programs at All Saints, including hosting Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a campaign event without diocesan authorization.

TRUMP ADMIN ANNOUNCES $1M INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN WOMEN’S PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE

The investment, announced Nov. 6, will allow for establishing a multidisciplinary coalition to review and update preventive health care standards. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the program is expected to “turn rigorous research into stronger guidelines that help women and their doctors take action to prevent disease and protect health.”

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MIGRANT CARAVAN HEADS THROUGH MEXICO AFTER MIDTERMS

Hundreds of migrants traveled through southern Mexico Nov. 8, with some telling Reuters they wanted to reach the U.S. and expected Republican midterm losses to weaken Trump’s immigration policies.

ROSARY’S POWER ON DISPLAY AT WICHITA RALLY

Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, told those at the Diocese of Wichita’s second annual Family Rosary Rally on Oct. 18 that praying the Rosary helped carry him through clinical depression. The bishop’s testimony was one of several that spoke to the power of the Rosary.

ANALYSIS: HOW FOREIGN-BORN SOCIALISTS TOOK OVER AMERICA’S TWO BIGGEST CITIES

With Nithya Raman’s election as mayor of Los Angeles, the two largest cities in the U.S. will be run by foreign-born socialists, following Zohran Mamdani’s 2025 election as mayor of New York City. How did both New York City and Los Angeles succumb to the rule of foreign-born socialists? Decades of demographic change may answer that question.

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HATRED DOES NOT HAVE THE FINAL WORD, POLISH CARDINAL DECLARES AFTER MASS SHOOTING

Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, archbishop of Kraków, called on residents to stand together in prayer, inviting everyone to a Mass later held at St. Anne’s Collegiate Church, a short walk from the city’s Main Market Square, where a gunman killed six people and wounded 15 on Nov. 7.

POPE LEO: CHRISTIAN FAMILY REMAINS ‘A PILLAR’ IN MODERN TIMES

Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics in Argentina Nov. 9 not to give in to those who dismiss the Christian family as outdated. Speaking to about 2.5 million people at Mass in Buenos Aires, he called on parents and grandparents to pass on the faith through prayer and everyday family life, saying every family can become “a seed of genuine renewal” for the country.

CHOOSING A BIRTH PLAN

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CATHOLIC 101

The music you listen to can do more than change your mood — it can shape your soul. Drawing on Plato and the cardinal virtues, Br. Peter Goyette, O.P., explores how our listening habits can help cultivate courage and self-control or pull us in the opposite direction.

SAINT OF THE DAY

Pope St. Leo the Great led the Church through an age of political turmoil and doctrinal division, defending the faith and working for peace. His feast day invites us to reflect on how we respond to conflict: Do we stand firm in truth while seeking unity and peace?

DAILY PSALM

"The salvation of the just comes from the Lord." (Psalm 37)

DAILY READINGS

Today's Mass readings.

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