' s ▁forg iveness ▁of ▁the ▁ad ul ter ous ▁woman . ▁This ▁allowed ▁him ▁to ▁discuss ▁the ▁principle ▁that ▁God ▁never ▁we aries ▁of ▁forg iving ▁humans ▁and ▁to ▁stress ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁never ▁t iring ▁in ▁asking ▁for ▁forg iveness . ▁Because ▁of ▁this ▁emphas is , ▁many ▁have ▁returned ▁to ▁God ▁and ▁to ▁conf ession , ▁a ▁result ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁called ▁the ▁" P ope ▁Francis ▁effect ". ▁While ▁voc ations ▁to ▁the ▁Jes uits ▁are ▁dro pping ▁in ▁the ▁North , ▁they ▁are ▁rising ▁in ▁Latin ▁America , ▁Africa , ▁and ▁India . ▁Father ▁General ▁Art uro ▁S osa ▁estimates ▁that ▁in ▁ 2 0 3 4 ▁there ▁will ▁be ▁about ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Jes uits ▁and ▁they ▁have ▁an ▁average ▁age ▁much ▁younger ▁than ▁the ▁ 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁Jes uits ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁Pope ▁Francis ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁universal ▁church ▁would ▁celebr ate ▁a ▁J ub ile e ▁Year ▁from ▁ 8 ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁to ▁ 2 0 ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁theme ▁of ▁God ' s ▁mer cy . ▁The ▁V at ican ▁announced ▁the ▁po pe ▁would ▁perform ▁several ▁acts ▁to ▁demonstrate ▁the ▁theme ▁of ▁God ' s ▁mer cy . ▁Pope ▁Francis ▁sees ▁mor ality ▁as ▁a ▁vehicle ▁of ▁God ' s ▁mer cy ▁and ▁has ▁called ▁mer cy ▁" the ▁ke yst