(ANS - Seville) - Today we are publishing the second part of the interview that the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, granted to the Spanish newspaper El Correo de Andalucía. The topics touched on range from personal emotions at the moment of his appointment to the future of the Congregation and the Church, from the role of young people for evangelization to the characteristics of the Salesian for today's young people.

(ANS - Seville) - In a wide-ranging interview granted to the Spanish newspaper El Correo de Andalucía, the Rector Major, Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, addresses highly topical issues - both national, such as the debate on education in Spain, and international, such as the Salesian commitment to the poor during the pandemic. Today we publish the first of the two parts of the interview.

(ANS - Rome) - “We have tried by all means to invite children and young people to be very responsible above all and to follow, as citizens, the indications of the civil and health authorities of each country. In this sense, we have provided, especially to the children of our works, useful pedagogical-educational and didactic indications. When children understand, they are often more attentive than us adults.” Fr Ángel Fernández Artime, Rector Major of the Salesians, analyzes the Salesian response to the pandemic and its consequences, and applauds young people for their commitment - without forgetting the sacrifice of many of his confreres and the challenges still to be overcome.