This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Excellency Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, president of the Republic of Zambia;

- Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M., of Trujillo, Peru, president of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), with His Eminence Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil, first vice president; Archbishop Jorge Eduardo Lozano of San Juan de Cuyo, Argentina, secretary general; Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera López of Monterrey, Mexico, president of the Council for Economic Affairs; and the Reverend Pedro Manuel Brassesco, adjunct secretary general;

- Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life;

- His Excellency Mr. Francesco Di Nitto, ambassador of Italy to the Holy See, presenting his credential letters;

- Bishop Massimiliano Palinuro, vicar apostolic of Istanbul, Turkey;

- Members of the “Voir Ensemble” Association.