Pope Francis in Africa visit says 'God is peace,' 'salaam'

Pope Francis ended a six-day trip to Africa in the war-torn Central Africa Re­public with a call to end religious conflict.

“Together we must say no to hatred, to revenge and to violence, especially violence perpetrated in the name of a religion or of God himself,” the pope said in Bangui, the capital. “God is peace, salaam.”

In the final part of his trip in late November—which also included time in Kenya and Uganda—the pope visited a mosque in a neighborhood that Bangui’s Muslims have been unable to leave for months because Christian militia members have surrounded it.