This publication contains the record of Fr. General’s four interventions during the JESEDU-Rio2017 Congress: his homily, Keynote Address, discussion and interview. The texts published herein have been approved by Fr. General, and can therefore be cited as his official words.

In order to provide support to those who would like to delve deeper into the contents and the spirit of the documents published herein, for each document the editorial team provides a discernment paragraph outlining some of its central elements, and proposes several questions to assist with discernment and a deeper understanding of the contents.