This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Monsignor Luigi Mistò, president of the Administration Board of the Fondo Assistenza Sanitaria (Health Care Fund);

- Archbishop Francisco José Prieto Fernandéz of Santiago de Compostela, Spain;

- Archbishop Giorgio Ferretti of Foggia-Bovino, Italy;

- Bishop Daniele Libanori, titular of Buruni;

- Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, bishop emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy;

- Archbishop Gian Franco Saba, Military Ordinary for Italy;

- Archbishop Fabio Dal Cin, prelate of Loreto, Italy;

- His Eminence Cardinal Pierre Christophe, apostolic nuncio in the United States of America.