This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Archbishop Fermín Emilio Sosa Rodríguez, titular of Virunum, apostolic nuncio in Bolivia;

- His Excellency Mr. Nechirvan Barzani, President of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and entourage;

- His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Church – See of Cilicia, Lebanon, and entourage;

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

- His Eminence Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, with the superiors of the same Dicastery;

- A delegation from the “Catholic Extension Society”.