The Holy Father received in audience:

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;

Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples;

Professor Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Sant'Egidio Community;

Luis Dositeo Latorre Tapia, ambassador of Ecuador, on his farewell visit;

Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, Prelate of Opus Dei, with the vicar general Msgr. Mariano Fazio.