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Eight-year-old Yamen Abu Hilal lies on a bed as a woman sits beside him in a hospital room in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Nov. 24, 2025. His condition has sharply worsened amid the collapse of Gaza’s health care system, which has been unable to provide diagnostic tools, medication, or equipment since no medical supplies have entered the Strip following the ceasefire. / Credit: Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Jerusalem Churches Advocate for Gazan Children to Have Cancer Treatment in Israel

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Here is a roundup of Catholic world news from the past week that you might have missed.

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Fr. Alain Mayama. Credit: Spiritan Generalate/Rome/Fr. Philip Ng'oja, CSSp.

From Concern to “here I am” Renewal: Why First African Spiritan Superior General Refuses to Let Lament Have Final Word

Credit: Catholic Diocese of Buea

Catholic University Graduates in Cameroon’s Buea Diocese Urged to be Job Creators, not Seekers

Credit: Rádio Maria de Cabo Verde

Radio Maria Cape Verde Lauded for over Three Decades of Evangelization

Credit: SACBC

Late South African Catholic Bishop Eulogized for Personifying God’s Mercy

A new Vatican labor regulations decree was issued after an audience granted to Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, pictured here with Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Strengthens Legal Protections for Employees of the Vatican and Holy See

Bishop Cleophas Oseso Tuka. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Nakuru

Medical Practitioners at Kenyan Facility Urged to Treat Poor Patients with Love and Dignity: “Don't chase them away”

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Members of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB). Credit: ZCCB

Carry Jubilee Year of Hope Spirit into Future: Catholic Bishops in Zambia at Conclusion of Yearlong Celebrations

Bishop Isaac Bundepuun Dugu of the Catholic Diocese of Katsina-Ala in Nigeria. Credit: Catholic Diocese of Katsina-Ala

Nothing But “genocide”: Catholic Bishop on Nigeria's “grief-stricken” Situation

Credit: Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)

Burkina Faso’s Catholic Bishops Decry Global Silence as Insecurity Forces Early Christmas Eucharistic Celebrations

2025 Annual Pilgrimage to the Marian Shrine of Our Lady, Queen of Peace in Virginia in Liberia’s Catholic Archdiocese of Monrovia. Credit: Radio Maria Liberia/St. Joseph Parish Media Team

Pilgrimage to Marian Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Liberia Lauded as “intense, deeply moving”

Credit: CSW

Nigerian Government Told to Ensure Safety of Churches During Christmas Season amid Heightened Insecurity

Director of Nigeria's Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, Fr. George Omaku Ehusani. Credit: ACI Africa

Christians in Nigeria Told Not to Fear Following Security Alert to Churches Ahead of Christmas

Pope Leo XIV passes through the Holy Door carrying the jubilee cross as he leads the pilgrimage of the Holy See on June 9, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Countdown to the Closing of the Jubilee: When, Who Will Close the Holy Doors in Rome?

Members of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB). Credit: ZCCB

Zambia Catholic Bishops Reaffirm Commitment to Journey with Leaders, Call for Shared Responsibility in Nation Building

Credit: SACBC

Late South African Catholic Bishop Eulogized for Personifying God’s Mercy

Pope Leo XIV holds up a tennis racket given to him by children of the Pope Paul VI Pontifical School in Castel Gandolfo on Dec. 16, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Makes Surprise Visit to Children’s Christmas Concert at Castel Gandolfo School

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