This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- 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;

- Msgr. Alejandro Arellano Cedillo, dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota;

- Bishop Américo Manuel Alves Aguiar, titular of Dagno, auxiliary of Lisboa, Portugal.

Today, the Pope will receive in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference.