This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, titular of Tuscania, apostolic nuncio in Israel and apostolic delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine;

- Bishop Hugo Nicolás Barbaro of San Roque de Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Argentina;

- Her Excellency Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General of the “International Telecommunication Union” (ITU) and entourage;

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

- Bishop Orazio Francesco Piazza of Viterbo, Italy;

- A delegation from the “Worldwide Marriage Encounter”;

- Participants in the “Cattedra dell’Accoglienza” Meeting;

- Monsignor Pio Vito Pinto, dean emeritus of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota.