This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;

- H.E. Msgr. Luis Mariano Montemayor, titular archbishop of Illici, apostolic nuncio in Colombia;

- H.E. Msgr. Stefano Russo, bishop of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy, general secretary of the Italian Episcopal Conference.