This morning the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Excellency Mr Seiji Okada, ambassador of Japan, for the presentation of his credential letters;

- His Enimence Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples;

- Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, titular of Vittoriana, apostolic nuncio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

- Bishop Felix Gmür of Basel, Switzerland.