This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Beatitude Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians;

- A delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople;

- H.E. Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop Emeritus of Genoa (Italy);

- His Beatitude Béchara Boutros Raï, O.M.M., Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites;

- H.E. Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp., Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangui (Central African Republic);

- Archbishop James R. Golka, Metropolitan Archbishop of Denver (United States of America);

- H.E. Cardinal Roberto Repole, Metropolitan Archbishop of Turin and Bishop of Susa (Italy).

Today, the Pope will also receive in audience:

- The students of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, at the conclusion of their missionary year.