This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Excellency Mr. Faustin Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic, and entourage;

- A delegation from the Lutheran World Foundation;

- Mr. Mamadou Diagna Ndiaye, President of the Senegalese Olympic and National Sports Committee;

- Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawłowski, titular of Sejny, apostolic nuncio in Greece;

- Archbishop Paul Dennis Etienne of Seattle, United States of America;

- Bishop Robert Emmet Barron of Winona-Rochester, United States of America;

- A delegation from the “Hera Group”.