Vatican City, 17 March 2016 – The Holy Father received in audience:

- Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions);

- Archbishop Nicola Girasoli, apostolic nuncio in Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, Grenada, Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Santa Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname; apostolic delegate in the Antilles; plenipotentiary representative of the Holy See before the Caribbean Community;

- Félix Oudiane, ambassador of Senegal, on his farewell visit.