This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Archbishop Giordano Piccinotti, S.D.B., titular of Gradisca, president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See; with the Reverend Sr. Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E., president of the Governorate of Vatican City State;

- Dr. Alvaro Lario, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD);

- His Eminence Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, metropolitan archbishop of Bologna, Italy; president of the Italian Episcopal Conference;

- Archbishop Giuseppe Andrea Salvatore Baturi, metropolitan of Cagliari, Italy; secretary general of the Italian Episcopal Conference;

- His Eminence Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life;

- Professor Tiziano Onesti, president of the Bambino Gesù Paediatric Hospital, Rome;

- Relatives of the young people who lost their lives in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.