This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- H.E. Msgr. Piero Pioppo, titular archbishop of Torcello, apostolic nuncio in Indonesia;

- His Eminence Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua;

- Members of the “Red Eclesial Pan-Amazónica”:

His Eminence Cardinal Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M., prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy;
H.E. Msgr. Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto, bishop of Quibdó, Colombia;
Mr. Mauricio López Oropeza;

- His Grace Peter, bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church of North Carolina, United States of America; with H.E. Barnaba El Soryany, bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Italy;

- Delegation of the “Apostolikì Diakonìa” of the Church of Greece;

- Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life.