This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Candidates for Confirmation from the diocese of Genoa;

- His Eminence Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops;

- Archbishop Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio of Lima, Peru;

- His Eminence Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints;

- Participants in the General Chapter of the Brothers of the Christian Schools;

- Participants in the International Conference on the protection of biodiversity;

- Readers of the weekly magazine “Famiglia Cristiana”.