This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome;

- Bishop Pietro Lagnese of Caserta, Italy;

- Archbishop Fabio Dal Cin, prelate of Loreto; papal delegate to the Shrine of Loreto; papal delegate to the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua;

- Bishop Stefano Russo, emeritus of Fabriano-Matelica, Italy; secretary general of the Italian Episcopal Conference;

- Professor Giuseppe Notarstefano, national president of Italian Catholic Action; with Bishop Gualtiero Sigismondi of Orvieto-Todi, general ecclesiastical assistant.