The Committee on World Missions is charged with the oversight of the Catholic U.S. overseas mission effort, based on the 1986 U.S. Bishops' pastoral statement To the Ends of the Earth and other Church documents such as Evangelii Nuntiandi, Redemptoris Missio and Cooperatio Missionalis.. The Committee works closely with the Pontifical Mission Societies, the mission-sending societies of men and women religious, organizations of lay missioners, and other organizations promoting the mission ad gentes, encouraging, supporting, and fostering mission animation, education, and cooperation in the United States. The Committee represents the USCCB, and, in cooperation with the Pontifical Mission Societies and in concert with the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, strives to affect the full participation by the faithful in the United States in the mission ad gentes.