Going to the Vatican
From Transition Trends, converting to Catholicsm in order to excape Turkmenistan:
IWPR: “In my opinion, Turkmenistan has the harshest policies of all post-Soviet nations towards religious freedoms,” he said. “Apart from the official Muslim Council and the Russian Orthodox Church, it is very hard for any other religion to operate legally….
However, the authorities flatly deny that Turkmenistan has a Catholic community to oppress.
One Ashgabat official stated openly that there was no point in granting registration to the community or make provision for Catholic education facilities as “there is not a single Catholic in Turkmenistan”.
