This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

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

- Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, president of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, Brazil, with:

Archbishop Jaime Spengler, O.F.M., of Porto Alegre, first vice president;

Bishop Mário Antônio da Silva of Roraima, second vice president;

Bishop Joel Portella Amado, titular of Carmeiano, auxiliary of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, secretary general;

- Participants in the Fifth International Course of Formation of Catholic Military Chaplains on International Humanitarian Law

- Members of the Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation.