India’s elections as a conversion-policy referendum. – The USCIRF-RSS moment: internationalised accountability meets nationalist backlash. – Pope Leo XIV: toward an encyclical theology of mission. – China’s two-track religious repression. – The Turkey precedent: proselytism as national security threat.
Proselytism and Religious Outreach Worldwide: Conflicts, Policies, and Trends – 3-10 April 2026
News from Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Turkey. – Iranian Christian converts detained by US Immigration. – Catholic Church: more detailed data revealing the scale and geographic breadth of the 2026 Easter baptism surge. – Provincial council will address the pastoral challenge of welcoming, forming, and integrating the unprecedented number of neophytes entering the French Church. – The “missionary-as-provocateur” frame.