In recent years the Society of Jesus has been questioning how to serve the Lord and the Church in the social, political and economic context that the world has been experiencing during Francis’ pontificate. The starting point of our discernment, which has involved all Jesuit communities and all our apostolic works, is the “unity in diversity” of our cultures, languages and traditions.  At present the society is made up of about 15,600 Jesuits scattered across some 110 countries around the world, with a greater density that has moved away from Europe and is now in a belt stretching across Latin America, Africa and Asia.