In a world that pits humans against the environment, how can the Church point the way forward? The great gift of “Laudato Si'” was to apply the principles of Catholic social teaching to the problem of creation care. The result was the concept of integral ecology, which does justice to both persons and the environment, because everything is connected.

On the fourth anniversary of the Kamloops announcement, it is the Pontius Pilate question that echoes through Canada. But if Canadians cannot agree on the meaning of “truth” as it applies to residential schools, how does reconciliation take place?

We are never truly lost: God knows where we are, and He creatively uses any interior place to draw us deeper into His heart.

In addition to those who suffer with such frightening diseases, I pray for their loved ones and especially the spouse; who must live through the struggle, doing their best to keep loving, supporting and encouraging.

The most extraordinary aspect of the funeral Mass for Pope Francis was its astonishingly beautiful ordinariness.

I write this with a heavy heart, something I never, ever, would have thought I would have to put in print.

Within the Beatitudes, we read, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Matthew 5:9). We can understand this as a sending forth by Jesus – “You are Blessed as you go forth to do the work of Peacemaking."

“Jesus said to her, Mary! She turned and said to Him, Rabbouni!” And there is the most tender, powerful, healing, life-changing encounter possible.