Pope Francis, announcing he will issue a new document on the protection of nature, said on Wednesday he was doing so because a “terrible world war” against the environment was taking place.
Speaking at his weekly general audience, Francis said the document, a follow-up to his landmark 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si” (Praised Be), would be issued on October 4, feast of St Francis of Assisi.
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