This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, with Archbishop Vittorio Francesco Viola, O.F.M., secretary of the same Dicastery;

- Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin, titular of Aeclanum, apostolic nuncio in the Arab Republic of Egypt and in the Sultanate of Oman; Holy See delegate at the League of Arab States;

- Ms. Jan Beagle, director general of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), and entourage;

- His Eminence Emmanuel (Adamakis), metropolitan of Chalcedon;

- Bishops of the Mission territories;

- Members of the Italian Biblical Association.