This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the General Secretariat of the Synod; with His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J., archbishop of Luxembourg; Fr. Giacomo Costa, S.J.; the Reverend Riccardo Battocchio;

- His Eminence Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela;

- Dr. Gustavo Adolfo Valdés, governor of the Province of Corrientes, Argentina.