“You work in the educational apostolate, and you are among the young. Your work is important and demanding. Young people have good will, but they can be easy prey to deception as well as impatient. It is necessary to be close to the young people, to give them space so that they can discern what is happening in their hearts. Formation considers ideas and feelings together. To act well you always have to consider your ideas and feelings. For example, we must help the young-est to recognize when they live in resignation, and therefore in stagnation, and also to recognize when they live a healthy restlessness. In short, we need spiritual discernment, of accompaniment for the good of the society.”

On Thursday, September  5, 2019, during his trip to Mozambique, Pope Francis met privately and spoke with a group of 24 Jesuits, 20 from Mozambique, three from Zimbabwe and one from Portugal.