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• 17 May 2014
  ASIA/ISRAEL - A detention camp in the Negev desert. Full of Christians Holot (Agenzia Fides) In the Negev desert there is a detention center with more than two thousand prisoners, mostly of Christian faith. We are talking about the center of Holot, where Eritreans and Sudanese who arrive in ...
• 16 May 2014
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Intolerance and discrimination against Christians in Europe are on the rise: 241 cases in 2013 Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - In the year 2013, the Observatory on intolerance and discrimination against Christians in Europe (see Fides 1/10/2010) recorded 241 cases of intolerance against Christians in law and politics, th ...
• 16 May 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate: priests must not make electoral propaganda Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - To all the Copt priests of Alexandria explicit provision was given not to directly support candidates for the coming elections, limiting the role of the Church to an awareness campaign on the impo ...
• 16 May 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - A center to transform cassava into flour and cope with food insecurity Torbeck (Agenzia Fides) - Food insecurity in Haiti is strongly linked to the importation of food. To cope with this phenomenon, which in the Caribbean Country affects more than 600 million people, a cassava processing ce ...
• 16 May 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians: for a prosperous future, the new government has to limit Hindu extremist groups New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - While the official outcome of the Indian elections marked the victory of the nationalist "Bharatiya Janata Party" (BJP), its leader Narendra Modi, likely to become the next Prime Minister, ann ...
• 16 May 2014
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 18, 2014, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Joao Augusto Mendes Martins, of the clergy of Santiago de Cabo ...
• 16 May 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Basic Ecclesial Communities: the new face of the Church at the service of justice and peace El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - From July 10 to 13, the XI National Meeting of the Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) will be held in the Diocese of El Alto, with the slogan: "To build a new face of the Church from the BEC. For ...
• 16 May 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Three years of Martelly’s presidency, among acclaim and requests for resignation Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haitian President Michel Martelly celebrated his third year of the presidential office on May 14 by listing a series of successes in front of hundreds of supporters, while the opposition ...
• 16 May 2014
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Drinking water to save refugees and children from death and disease Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - In Ethiopia, children under 5 years of age die in large numbers because of the dirty and contaminated water. Having access to clean and safe water can improve the health and well-being of al ...
• 16 May 2014
  ASIA/INDIA - The Bishops: confidence in the new government and secular pluralism of India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Official figures of the Indian elections, which sees the clear victory of the “Bharatiya Janata Party” (BJP), does not worry the Church in India, which is confident about the future. Afte ...
• 16 May 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Willingness to continue dialogue between the Government and the Church Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - While the Bishops of Mexico are in the Vatican for the Ad Limina Apostolorum visit, the Secretary General of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM ) informs Fides of having received, on May ...
• 15 May 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Violence against children who suffer abuse and harassment continues Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has called for the protection of children in Honduras, who are victims of violence and to give priority to the investigation of recent h ...
• 15 May 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First American Congress: "Adolescence and Childhood at the service of the Mission" Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - Brazil prepares itself to host the First Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (IAM) Congress. With the theme: "IAM of America at the service of the Mission" and the slogan: "You are my friends ...
• 15 May 2014
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Anti-Chinese protests and violence: civil society and the Catholics ask for non-violence Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) – To protest is legitimate, but has to be peaceful and non-violent. This is what civil society movements and Catholics in Vietnam ask for, after the serious riots and mass violence carried out yes ...
• 15 May 2014
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 15, 2013, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Frans De Ridder, CICM (Congregation of the Immaculate Heart ...