Vatican City, 4 March 2016 – Today, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Rev. Gottfried Locher, president of the Council of Evangelical Churches of Switzerland;

- Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome;

- Archbishop Andres Carrascosa Coso, apostolic nuncio in Panama;

- participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America;

Yesterday afternoon, 3 March, the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, archbishop of San Cristobál de La Habana.