This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- Archbishop Filippo Iannone, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts;

- Bishop Stefan Oster of Passau, Federal Republic of Germany;

- His Eminence Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, archbishop of L’Aquila, Italy.

Today, the Pope will receive in audience:

- His Excellency Mr. Michael Hans Werner Koch, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, on his farewell visit;

- His Eminence Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, archbishop of Florence, Italy, with a delegation from the city on the seventh centenary of the death of Dante Alighieri.