This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, archbishop of Mexico, Mexico;

- Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, delegate for Catechesis in the Dicastery for Evangelization;

- Her Excellency Ms. Nancy Faeser, Federal Minister of the Interior and of the Community of the Federal Republic of Germany, and entourage;

- Archbishop Andrzej Józwowicz, titular of Lauriaco, apostolic nuncio in the Islamic Republic of Iran;

- Bishop Heiner Wilmer, S.C.I., of Hildesheim, Federal Republic of Germany;

- Dr. Jorge Moreira da Silva, under-secretary general and executive director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS);

- Dr. Giuseppe Pignatone, president of Vatican City State Tribunal;

- A delegation from “La Scuola” Publishing House;

- Participants in the Plenary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.