This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches;

- Bishop Nicolò Anselmi of Rimini, Italy;

- Archbishop Gábor Pintér, titular of Velebusdus, apostolic nuncio in Honduras;

- Msgr. José Luis Díaz-Mariblanca Sánchez, Study Mission in Hong Kong;

- His Excellency Mr. Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, President of the Republic of Iraq, with his wife and entourage;

- Participants in the meeting organized by the Italian Episcopal Conference for the Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Persons;

- Members of the Association of Italian Hospital Otolaryngologists (AOOI) and the Italian Federation of Paediatric Physicians (FIMP).