This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- The Reverend Fr. Carlos Alberto Trovarelli, O.F.M. Conv., minister general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Conventual;

- Archbishop Dominique Mathieu, O.F.M. Conv., of Teheran-Ispahan of the Latins, Iran;

- His Excellency Mr. Joseph Simon Donnelly, ambassador of the United States of America, on his farewell visit;

- Her Excellency Ms. María Leticia Casati Caballero, ambassador of Paraguay, on her farewell visit;

- Her Excellency Ms. Alexandra Valkenburg-Roelofs, ambassador of the European Union, on her farewell visit;

- Ordinary Public Consistory for Causes of Canonization;

- His Eminence Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education;

- His Eminence Cardinal Antonio María Rouco Varela, metropolitan archbishop emeritus of Madrid, Spain.