This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Willem Jacobus Eijk, archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands;

- A group of bishops from Ecuador;

- His Most Eminent Beatitude Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites;

- Members of the National Anti-Usury Council;

- Participants in the Jubilee of the Roma, Sinti and Travelling Peoples.