Today the Holy Father received in audience:
- His Eminence Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;
- Participants in the meeting of the Secretariat for Social Justice and Ecology of the Society of Jesus;
- Prelates of the Episcopal Conference of the United States of America (Region I), on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit:
- His Eminence Cardinal Seán Patrick O'Malley, archbishop of Boston
with the auxiliary bishops:
- Bishop Robert Francis Hennessey, titular of Tigia
- Bishop Peter J. Uglietto, titular of Tubursico
- Bishop Robert P. Reed, titular of Sufar
- Bishop Mark O'Connell, titular of Gigti
- Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha of Fall River
- Bishop Peter Anthony Libasci of Manchester
- Bishop Robert Peter Deeley of Portland
- Bishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski of Springfield in Massachusetts
- Bishop Robert Joseph McManus of Worcester
- Archbishop Leonard Paul Blair of Hartford
with the auxiliary bishop:
- Bishop Juan Miguel Betancourt Torres, titular of Curzola
with the emeritus:
- Archbishop Henri Joseph Mansell
and with the auxiliary bishop emeritus:
- Bishop Peter Anthony Rosazza, titular of Oppido nuovo
- Bishop Frank Joseph Caggiano of Bridgeport
- Bishop Michael Richard Cote of Norwich
- Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence
with the auxiliary bishop:
- Bishop Robert C. Evans, titular of Acque regie.