This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, archbishop of Valencia, Spain;

- Archbishop Joseph Marino, titular of Natchitoches, president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy;

- Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, bishop emeritus of Kigoma, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples;

- Professor Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Sant’Egidio Community;

- Members of the “Gruppo Villa Maria care and research” Foundation.