Today the Holy Father received in audience:

- Rev. Fr. Michael Anthony Perry, minister general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor;

- Rev. Fr. Mauro Johri, minister general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Capuchin;

- Rev. Fr. Marco Tasca, minister general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Conventual;

- Rev. Fr Nicholas Edward Polichnowski, minister general of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis;

- Rev. Fr. Emili Turi Rofes, superior general of the Marist Brothers of the Schools (Little Brothers of Mary);

- Members of the National Committee for Biosafety, Biotechnologies and Life Sciences.