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;

- His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals;

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

- His Eminence Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.