Jeanie Hannaman

At the start of Mass Sunday at one of the launch sites of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage, Bishop Andrew Cozzens remarked that although he had his hiking shoes on, the journey ahead would need something more than natural support to reach its intended destination... “In order to make this pilgrimage fruitful, we need the Holy Spirit,” said the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota, bishop... If that’s the case, then the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is off to a fantastic start.

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - So why is St. Peter’s successor speaking with such confidence on these issues? Well, for one thing, Pope Francis has no interest in listening to contrary opinions. He has dismissed skepticism about climate-change ideology as “foolish.” For another, he was addressing an audience of political leaders and climate scientists—more politicians than scientists—who shared his assumptions. None of the scientists who have raised serious questions about the climate-change models will be heard at this week’s Vatican conference.