This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;

- Bishop Bertram Johannes Meier of Augsburg, Federal Republic of Germany;

- Dr. John Aloysius, secretary general of Caritas Internationalis, with Msgr. Pierre Ntakobajira Cibambo, ecclesiastical assistant;

- Professor Vincenzo Buonomo, Magnificent Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University.