This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

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

- His Eminence Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; with Archbishop Alfonso V. Amarante, C.SS.R., titular of Sorres, Magnicent Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University; and Professor Vincenzo Buonomo, Pontifical Delegate-Magnificent Rector of the Pontifical Urban University;

- Msgr. Krzysztof Józef Nykiel, regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary;

- National heads of the Association of Italian Guides and Scouts (AGESCI);

- Dr. Younis Al Khatib, president of the “Palestine Red Crescent Society”;

- Members of the “Junta Constructora” of the Basilica of the “Sagrada Família”, Barcelona, Spain.