This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops;

- Archbishop Franco Moscone, C.R.S., of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy;

- His Eminence Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences:

- Archbishop Luis Miguel Muñoz Cárdaba, titular of Nasai, apostolic nuncio in Sudan and Eritrea;

- Archbishop Walter Erbi, titular of Nepi, apostolic nuncio in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia;

- Participants in the “Christmas Contest”;

- Pilgrims from Korea;

- Officials and Military of the Carabinieri Corps.