This is handled by the enclave's Identification Services Office. There have been no reports of discrimination in the registration process. Religious bodies can apply to use electronic media to preach. The Ordinance also stipulates that religious groups may maintain and develop relations with religious groups abroad. The enclave's Catholics recognize the Pope as the head of the church.
Missionaries are free to conduct missionary activities and are active in the enclave.
More than 30,000 children are enrolled in Catholic schools, and a large number of influential non-Christians have had Christian educations. A wide range of faiths are represented in the Government, the judiciary, and the civil service. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom during the period covered during 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.