In his encyclical, Praise Be: On Care for our common home (Laudato Si’), Pope Francis applauds current efforts to “substitute fossil fuel and develop sources of renewable energy… and to develop adequate storage capacity” (No.26).

What does ecological conversion look like? It is an important question for Catholics in the light of Praise Be: On care for our common home (Laudato Si’).

It was on my mind when I visited the site of the Paris negotiations, particularly since the conference focus was turning specifically towards action responses to climate change.

Every impression exhausts itself. All life is a perpetual becoming. Impressions start out strong; they gain momentum for a while, then fade.

When a call to mission occurs, it stands out from everything that is life: temporal, short lived and mundane as something extraordinary, clear and definite, and though it may be denied, the call never fades.