This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands;

- Archbishop Piergiorgio Bertoldi, titular of Spello, apostolic nuncio in Mozambique;

- Bishop Giuseppe La Placa of Ragusa, Italy;

- Fr. Abbot Guillermo Leon Arboleda Tamayo, O.S.B., president of the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation of the Order of Saint Benedict;

- Participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life.