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 Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela;

- His Eminence Cardinal François-Xavier Bustillo, O.F.M. Conv., bishop of Ajaccio, France;

- Ambassadors to the Holy See of India, Jordan, Denmark, Luxembourg, São Tomé and Principe, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Kenya, presenting their credential letters;

- Organizers and artists of the “Concert with the Poor”;

- A delegation of donors of the Nativity display and Christmas tree in Saint Peter’s Square.

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- Consistory for the creation of new Cardinals.