This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops;

- His Eminence Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod;

- Archbishop Walter Erbì, titular of Nepi, apostolic nuncio in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia;

- Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A., metropolitan of Panama, Panama;

- Archbishop Relwendé Kisito Ouédraogo, titular of Ilta, apostolic nuncio in the Republic of the Congo and Gabon;

- Members of the “Papal Foundation”;

- Employees of the Italian Episcopal Conference, with family members.

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Activities of the Pope in the afternoon:

- Basilica of Saint John Lateran, episcopal ordination of auxiliary bishops of Rome.