Today the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome;

- His Eminence Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;

- His Eminence Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana, archbishop of Toamasina, Madagascar, president of the Episcopal Conference of Madagascar

with:

  - Bishop Marie Fabien Raharilamboniaina of Morondava, vice president;

  - Bishop Jean Claude Randrianarisoa of Miarinarivo, secretary general;

  - Reverend Gabriel Randrianantenaina, coordinating secretary.

- Archbishop Filippo Santoro of Taranto, Italy;

- Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti of Albenga-Imperia, Italy;

- Bishop Antonio Staglianò of Noto, Italy;

- Reverend Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves, S.J., prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy.