Meanings of reconcile people in English

How does his father reconcile people smuggling with the loss of life?

Would he bother, though, about reconciling people to what he wanted to do with them?

Far from reconciling people to the past it reinforces existing prejudices and nurtures a continuing sense of grievance.

I'm fascinated by history, and both personally and, as you might say, professionally interested in the question of reconciling people of different faiths.

What if we changed that calculus to honoring men and women who built their power on reconciling people, on joining people together in love?