This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples;

- H.E. Msgr. Michael A. Blume, S.V.D., titular archbishop of Alessano, apostolic nuncio in Uganda;

- H.E. Msgr. Emil Paul Tscherring, titular archbishop of Voli, apostolic nuncio in Italy and in the Republic of San Marino;

- H.E. Msgr. Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.J., titular bishop of Arna, vicar apostolic of Northern Arabia;

- Rev. Fr. Mathew Vattamattam, C.M.F., superiore general of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians);

- H.E. Mr. Zvonimir Jankuloski, ambassador of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on his farewell visit.