The Secretariat of Worship promotes religious pluralism through such activities as conferences at which representatives of the various churches meet to discuss current issues. Leaders of the non-Catholic churches are invited regularly to attend the Te Deum Mass celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral on important national holidays. In January 2000, President De la Rua committed the Government to implementing a Holocaust Education Project carried out under the auspices of the International Holocaust Education Task Force. Registered religious organizations may bring foreign missionaries to the country by applying to the Secretariat of Worship, which in turn notifies the immigration authorities so that the appropriate immigration documents may be issued. Public education is secular, but students may request instruction in the faith of their choice, to be carried out in the school itself or at a religious institution, as circumstances warrant.
Many churches operate private schools, including seminaries and universities.
In April 2000, President De la Rua announced the creation of a new task force of four independent prosecutors to resolve any remaining questions surrounding the AMIA bombing. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered by this report. There were no reports of religious detainees or prisoners. There were no reports of the forced religious conversion of minor U.S. citizens who had been abducted or illegally removed from the United States, or of the Government's refusal to allow such citizens to be returned to the United States. Societal Attitudes Relations among the various religious communities are amicable.