This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- H.E. Ms. Dalia Grybauskaite, President of the Republic of Lithuania, and entourage;

- His Eminence Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference;

- H.E. Msgr. Martín de Elizalde, O.S.B., bishop emeritus of Nueve de Julio, Argentina;

- Ms. Mariella Enoc, president of the Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospital.