This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life; with Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, titular of Belcastro, secretary of the same Dicastery;

- Professor Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Sant’Egidio Community;

- A delegation of diocesan Oblate Brothers;

- Benedictine nuns from the Santa Maria delle Rose Monastery, of Sant’Angelo in Pontano, Macerata;

- Directors and staff of ITA Airways.