The Holy Father received in audience:

Michel Aoun, president of the Republic of Lebanon, with his wife and entourage;

Msgr. Petar Rajič, titular archbishop of Sarsenterum, apostolic nuncio in Angola and in Sao Tomé and Principe

Prelates of the Atlantic Episcopal Assembly of Canada on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit:

Archbishop Valéry Vienneau of Moncton;

Bishop Daniel Jodoin of Bathurst in Canada;

Bishop Claude Champagne of Edmundston;

Bishop Robert Harris of Saint John New Brunswick;

Archbishop Martin William Currie of Saint John's Newfoundland;

Bishop Robert Anthony Daniels of Grand Falls;

Bishop Peter Joseph Hundt of Corner Brook and Labrador;

Archbishop Anthony Mancini of Halifax-Yarmouth;

Bishop Brian Joseph Dunn of Antigonish;

Bishop Richard John Grecco of Charlottetown.