This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SCEAM); with Bishop Lúcio Andrice Muandula of Xai-Xai, Mozambique, vice president; and Reverend Henry Terwase Akaabiam, secretary general;

- Members of the Ordinary Council of the Secretariat General of the Synod of Bishops;

- Archbishop Nicolas Henry Marie Denis Thevenin, titular of Eclano, apostolic nuncio in the Arab Republic of Egypt; Holy See apostolic delegate to the League of Arab States;

- His Excellency Mr. Armen Sarkissian, president of the Republic of Armenia, with his wife and entourage;

- Archbishop José Horacio Gómez of Los Angeles, United States of America, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; with: Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron of Detroit, vice president; and the Reverend Michael Fuller, interim secretary general;

- Participants in the General Chapter of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Joan Antida Thouret;

- His Eminence Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil.

Today, the Pope will receive in audience:

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