Pope Francis to update landmark document on world environmental crisis

FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience, in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, August 9, 2023. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

(Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday that he was writing a follow-up to his landmark 2015 encyclical on the protection of the environment and the dangers of climate change "to bring it up to date".

He made the surprise announcement in a brief, unprepared addition in a speech to a group of lawyers from Council of Europe countries.