CONTENTS: Declcation, Foreword, Preface, Editor's Preface, Part I. FORMATION: CURRENT SCENARIO: 1. Social Media: How Generation Z Expresses Themselves-Cyril Victor, 2. Socio-Pastoral Reorientation of the Formation of the Priests and Religious in India Today-Maria Arul Raj SJ, 3. Current Socio-Political, Economic and Ecological Challenges: Their Implications for Priestly and Religious Formation-Cedric Prakash SJ, 4. The Hurdles and Challenges Encountered by the Major Seminary Rectors-Richard Britto, 5. A Comprehensive Look at the Challenges and Expectations of Consecrated Women Religious Formators in India-Metti Amirtham, PART II: REDEFINING FORMATION TODAY: 6. Transforming Priestly and Religious Formation for the Contemporary Context-Maria Philomi FBS, 7. Redefining Priestly and Religious Formation Today-Jacob Parappally MSFS, 8. Enlarging the Margins to Integrate the Marginalized: Reflections on Making the Formation Relevant to the 21st Century-Maria Goretti FS, 9. Dialogue with Religion, Culture and the Poor in Contemporary Times and its Importance for Formation-Antony Lawrence, 10. Psycho-Spiritual Formation-Bishop E Antonisamy, PART III: FORMATION: THE VISION AND MISSION OF POPE FRANCIS: 11. The Ecclesial Leadership in the Vision and Mission of Pope Francis-Juventius Andrade CSsR, 12. Re. Re-Reading the Social Teachings of Pope Francis Implications and Praxis-X D Selvaraj, 13. The Social Teaching of Pope Francis: Implications to Theological Education-D John Romus, 14. Review and Reorient Priestly and Religious Formation in India Crafting a Roadmap based on Pope Francis' Synodality-Prakash Louis SJ, 15. Crafting a Roadmap for Future Action-Sujita SND, Contributors.