This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Excellency Mr. Patrick Renault, ambassador of Belgium, on his farewell visit;

- His Eminence Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio, archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia; with His Eminence Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez, archbishop emeritus;

- His Eminence Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., archbishop emeritus of Boston, United States of America, chair of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors; with Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, titular of Iubaltiana, and Dr. Teresa Morris Kettelkamp, respectively secretary and adjunct secretary of the same Pontifical Commission;

- His Eminence Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, archbishop of Québec, Canada;

- Community of the College of Vatican Penitentiaries.