This morning the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- Archbishop Santiago De Wit Guzmán, titular of Gabala, apostolic nuncio in the Central African Republic and Chad;

- His Eminence Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, with the secretary of the same Dicastery, Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., titular of Belcastro.