Ecumenical association. Their canonical status with particular reference to the United States of America

Pope John Paul II calls for a new era of group endeavor in his apostolic exhortation Christifideles Laici. He charges all the Christian faithful to work together to advance Christ's mandate to go and teach all nations. As response to this call and in fidelity to the movement of the spirit in the church and in the world, baptized christians have joined together in new associations dedicated to prayer and apostolic works.