This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Beatitude Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians, with the bishops of the Synod;

- Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B., of Mother of God in Moscow, Russia;

- Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, titular of Vittoriana, apostolic nuncio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

- Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag, titular of Maastricht, apostolic nuncio in Nicaragua;

- Archbishop Andrzej Józwowicz, titular of Lauriaco, apostolic nuncio in Iran;

- Bishop Daniele Libanori, S.J., itular of Buruni, auxiliary of Rome;

- Segretariat of the Franciscan Synod of Evangelisation, of the Friars Minor of Central Italy.