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

- Archbishop Jame Spengler, O.F.M., archbishop of Porto Alegre, Brazil, president of the Latin American Episcopal Council (C.E.L.A.M.); with Archbishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala of Maracaibo, Venezuela, first vice president; Bishop Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A., titular of Ausuccura, auxiliary of Cuzco, Peru, secretary general; and the Reverend Pedro Manuel Brassesco, adjunct secretary general;

- Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., of Guayaquil, Ecuador, president of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador; with Archbishop Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.D.B., of Quito, vice president; Bishop David Israel de la Torre Altamirano, SS.CC., titular of Bagai, auxiliary of Quito, secretary general; the Reverend Luis Enrique Umaña Angulo, adjunct secretary general;

- Women participating in the Synod;

- Laypeople participating in the Synod.