This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- H.E. Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, and entourage;

- His Eminence Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, with the secretary of the same dicastery, H.E. Msgr. José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., titular bishop of Belcastro; and with His Eminence Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, with the secretary of the same dicastery, Fr. Alexandre Awi Mello, of the Schönstatt Fathers;

- members of the Confederation of Italian Cooperatives.