This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, metropolitan archbishop of Marseille, France;

- His Eminence Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches;

- His Eminence Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, I.M.C., prefect apostolic of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia;

- Archbishop Angelo Vincenzo Zani, titular of Volturno, archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church;

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

- The Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See on the occasion of the exchange of New Year greetings.