Today the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem;

- His Excellency Mr Alberto Medardo Barranco Chavarría, ambassador of Mexico, on the presentation of his credential letters;

- His Excellency Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., titular of Belcastro, secretary of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life;

- Members of the Associations, Congregations and Movements dedicated to Mercy in France.

Today the Pope will receive in audience:

- The organizers and artists of the Christmas Concert in the Vatican.