This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, titular of Novaliciana, apostolic nuncio in Kenya and in South Sudan; Holy See Permanent Observer at the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme;

- Bishop José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M. Cap., titular of Ubaba, vicar apostolic of Aguarico, Ecuador;

- The Reverend Armand Puig i Tàrrech, president of the Holy See Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties (AVEPRO);

- Bishops of Tuscany, on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit.