Hawzah News Agency (Vatican, Italy) - Pope Francis said: "Christian terrorism does not exist, Jewish terrorism does not exist, and Muslim terrorism does not exist. They do not exist."

"The poor and the poorer peoples are accused of violence yet, without equal opportunities, the different forms of aggression and conflict will find a fertile terrain for growth and will eventually explode.”

Pope added: "There are fundamentalist and violent individuals in all peoples and religions – and with intolerant generalizations they become stronger because they feed on hate and xenophobia."

The leader of the Catholic Church also condemned the denial of global warming, urging his audience that "the ecological crisis is real".

He said: "A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system."