This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops;

- His Excellency Mr. Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, President of the Republic of Ecuador, and entourage;

- His Beatitude Theodoros II, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, and entourage;

- Archbishop Bernard Bober of Košice, Slovak Republic, president of the Episcopal Conference of Slovakia, with Bishop Viliam Judák of Nitra, vice president; the Reverend Ivan Ružička, executive secretary, and the Reverend Josef Kmec, assistant;

- Fr. Tomaž Mavrič, superior general of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists);

- Community of the Pontifical Urban College “de Propaganda Fide”;

Today, the Pope will receive in audience:

- Members of the National Union for Persons Injured in Service.