This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- The Reverend Don Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B., president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, with the Reverend Sr. Silvana Piro, F.M.G.B., under-secretary;

- Archbishop Filippo Santoro, emeritus of Taranto, Italy, with Professor Davide Prosperi, president of the Communion and Liberation Fraternity;

- Mr. Fernando Clavijo Batlle, president of the Government of the Canary Islands, and entourage;

Fratel Sabino Chialá, prior of the Monastic Community of Bose;

- Mr. Alberto Ángel Fernández;

- A delegation from the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum.