This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops;

- His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, archbishop of Marseille, France, with a group of volunteers from the Holy Father’s visit;

- Figure performers and operators of the living Nativity scene in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major;

- His Eminence Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches;

- Bishop Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M., vicar apostolic of El Beni, Bolivia, president of the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference; with Archbishop Ricardo Ernesto Centellas Guzmán of Sucre, vice president; Bishop Giovani Edgar Arana of El Alto, secretary general; and Reverend Diego Plá, adjunct secretary general;

- Enzo Bianchi;

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

- Artists of the Christmas Concert.