(VOVworld) - Pope Francis on Friday highlighted the importance of Christian-Muslim unity against violence and affirmed the incompatibility of violence and faith at the International Peace Conference taking place at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo.

Pope Francis (Source: EPA/VNA)

Addressing the event, he called on Christian and Muslim religious leaders in Egypt and throughout the Middle East to join in building “a new civilization of peace” by declaring together “a firm and clear ‘no’ to every form of violence, vengeance and hatred carried out in the name of religion and in the name of God.