This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal George Jacob Koovakad, prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue;

- His Eminence Cardinal Reinhard Marx, metropolitan archbishop of München und Freising, Federal Republic of Germany, coordinator of the Council for the Economy;

- His Excellency Mr. Rahman Farhan Abdullah Alaameri, ambassador of the Republic of Iraq, on his farewell visit;

- His Eminence Antonij, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, head of External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow;

- Archbishop Gaetano Bonicelli, emeritus of Siena-Colle di Val d’Elsa-Montalcino, Italy,

- Archbishop Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio, emeritus of Lecce, Italy.