This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples;

- His Eminence Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, major penitentiary; with H.E. Msgr. Krzysztof Józef Nykiel, regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary;

- H.E. Msgr. Miguel Maury Buendía, titular archbishop of Italica, apostolic nuncio in Romania;

- H.E. Msgr. Francesco Massara, archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche, Italia, with family members;

- Msgr. Paolo Nicolini, delegate for the Administrative-Management Sector of the Vatican Museums.

Today the Pope will receive in audience:

- H.E. Mr. Ali Bin Samikh al Marri, Minister of State and President of the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar.