Starting his three-nation African visit on Wednesday, Pope Francis said violence and terrorism feed on “despair” which comes from poverty and frustration.
Speaking in Nairobi, Kenya, the Pope said fear and mistrust spring from the same source.
He also re-iterated his view that the protection of the environment needs to take place alongside building a more “just and equitable social order”.
This, the Pope explained, means combating all divisions facing societies whether they are religious, ethnic or economic.
He stressed how the values of stewardship are “deeply rooted in the African soul”.