This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

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

- His Eminence Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha, archbishop of Brasilia, Brazil;

- H.E. Msgr. Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with H.E. Msgr. Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru, titular bishop of Civitate, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts;

- H.E. Msgr. Georges Pontier, archbishop of Marseille, France, president of the Conference of Bishops of France, with H.E. Msgr. Pascal Delannoy, bishop of Saint-Denis, vice president; H.E. Msgr. Pierre-Marie Carré, archbishop of Montpellier, vice president; and Msgr. Olivier Ribadeau Dumas, secretary general.