This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- Archbishop Antonio Giuseppe Caiazzo of Matera-Irsina, Italy;

- Professor Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Sant’Egidio Community;

- His Excellency Mr. Jean-Pierre Hamuli Mupenda, ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on his farewell visit;

- Archbishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M., emeritus of Cartagena, Colombia;

- Mr. Gigi De Palo, national president of the Forum of Families.