This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence 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;

- His Excellency Mr. Antony John Blinken, secretary of State of the United States of America, and entourage;

- Delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople;

- His Eminence Cardinal Mario Zenari, apostolic nuncio in Syria;

- His Eminence Cardinal Augusto Paolo Lojudice, archbishop of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy.

Today, the Pope will receive in audience:

- Archbishop Ignazio Sanna, emeritus of Oristano, Italy.