This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;

- Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Federal Republic of Germany, president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Federal Republic of Germany;

- Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina, titular of Graziana, apostolic nuncio in Haiti;

- His Eminence Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, archbishop emeritus of Agrigento, Italy;

- Participants in the Assembly of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches (Riunione delle Opere per l’Aiuto alle Chiese Orientali, R.O.A.C.O.);

Today the Pope will receive in audience:

- Fr. Michael Anthony Perry, minister general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor;

- Fr. Abbot Jeremias D. Schröder, president of the Benedictine Congregation of Saint Ottilien;

- Fr. Abbot Gregory John Frederick Polan, abbot primate of the Benedictine Confederates;

- Fr. Roberto Genuin, minister general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Capuchin;

- Fr. Carlos Alberto Trovarelli, minister general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Conventual;

- Fr. Frank Gerardo Pérez Alvarado, superior general of the Religious Tertiary Capuchins of Our Lady of Sorrows;

- Fr. Michael Brehl, superior general of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists);

- Fr. Tadesse Gebresilasie Tesfaye, superior general of the Combonian Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus.