As the world is grappling with historic numbers of refugees and asylum seekers from wars and natural disasters, with more than 50 million on the move or in camps, the most prominent global body is responding with renewed rigor.

Notes from the Field - There are so many boxes you are supposed to fit into as a woman, so many unspoken and spoken rules you are expected to follow — so much pressure and so many constant in-your-face messages that you must change to be loved or valuable. Frankly, it is exhausting, and it saddens me greatly.

"Earth is a revelation of God and the sustainer of all life."

Good health is wealth, and so often we take this for granted. We rise each morning and often go through the day mechanically. Yet there are moments and incidents that take place in our life which make us think of how grateful we need to be for the Gift of Life.

GSR Today - National Catholic Reporter has been reporting on Amoris Laetitia and gathering responses from a wide variety of people. We're linking to that coverage for you.

GSR Today - The ministries of sisters in Vietnam extend to the most remote areas of jungles and mountains, some of which I visited in December. Some of the "outsiders" to whom the sisters minister are children and elders who have disabilities because there are few government institutions providing for them.

Comboni Missionary Sr. Inmaculada Cuesta has ambitious plans for the diocese she ministers to in Richmond, Virginia, helping launch programs that include outreach training and digital pastoral courses. She is the coordinator for the Association of Hispanic Women Religious and looking ahead to problems the community can address at the V Encuentro.

"I stand poking out to proclaim, 'Hopes of Spring!'"

Everything speaks to me of springtime and resurrection! I put out two hummingbird feeders just before Easter in hopes that they would be returning soon. It was still early but I thought just maybe I could coax them back again. Last week I heard the first arrivals, and now all five feeders are active.

Many of Tanzania's formators, the sisters who are responsible for shaping the next generation of sisters, lack a high school diploma. And they will be the first ones to tell you that it's a problem.