The Order Throughout The World
Seculars are spread throughout the world in various communities, with each community canonically erected, and subject to the direction of the provincial superiors of each province and the General Superior of the Discalced Carmelite Order in Rome .
The Order has grown tremendously in the United States in recent years, but membership may be decreasing in Europe. There is a large number in the Philippines due to the great devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel in that nation.
Bl. Pope John Paul II was an honorary member of the Order and devout wearer of the Carmelite Scapular.
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