Pope Francis says education, jobs best way to prevent youth from being radicalized

Pope Francis waves to local residents as he drives to St. Joseph The Worker Catholic Church in the Kangemi slum of Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Nov. 27, 2015. Pope Francis is in Kenya on his first-ever trip to Africa, a six-day pilgrimage that will also take him to Uganda and the Central African Republic. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) 

Pope Francis says the way to prevent young people from being radicalized and going off to fight with extremist groups is to give them an education and a job.

Francis was asked Friday during his last public event in Kenya what young people can do to prevent their friends and family members from being seduced by radical ideologies that make them want to leave their loved ones behind to go join extremist groups.

Kenyans make up the largest contingent of foreign fighters in the Somali based al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab, which has staged a series of attacks in Kenya.

Francis said the first thing to do is to ensure that young people have an education and a job. He said: "If a young person has no work, what kind of a future does he or she have? That's where the idea of being recruited comes from."

Type these words into Google to awaken the Force

The nerds have taken over the Internet, even more than usual, with a new Google Easter Egg to add to all the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" hype.

Simply type "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away" into a Google search (on desktop or mobile) and watch your screen turn to a darkened starscape as John Williams' classic theme music plays and your results scroll by in that familiar opening crawl seen at the opening of each episode from the franchise.

It's another nod to the upcoming premiere of Episode VII following the release of a Star Wars theme for Google apps and an upcoming new Google Cardboard virtual-reality Star Wars experience.

I'm all for fun Easter Eggs, but if there are more to come, I'd like to see something a little more compelling than that crawl, which, let's face it, is one of the most irritating moments in each of the movies. Who wants to learn about intergalactic trade troubles in a format that may be the most difficult way to read anything?

Perhaps, as I mentioned in this week's CraveCast, I'm just burned out on Star Wars hype. I just hope there are no Jar Jar Binks Easter eggs in the works.