God does not back war, Pope says in apparent criticism of Russian Patriarch

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan - Pope Francis said Wednesday God does not guide religions towards war, an implicit criticism ofOn his second day in Kazakhstan, Pope Francis addressed the Seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, a meeting that brings together Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and other faiths.

"God is peace. He guides us always in the way of peace, never that of war," Pope Francis said, speaking at a huge round table at the Independence Palace, a huge modern structure made of steel and glass in the capital Nur-Sultan. The Pope, who earlier this year said Patriarch Kirill could not be Russian President Vladimir Putin's"altar boy", told the conference:"The sacred must never be a prop for power, nor power a prop for the sacred!"

Pope Francis also said while violence in God's name was never justified, the"viruses" of hate and terrorism would not be eradicated without first wiping out injustice and poverty.

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