The Holy Father received in audience:

- Archbishop José Maria Arancedo of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, Argentina, president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, with Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, archbishop of Buenos Aires, first vice president; Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello of Salta, second vice president; and Bishop Carlos Humberto Malfa of Chascomús, secretary general.

- Archbishop Alfonso Rogelio Delgado Evers of San Juan de Cujo, Argentina;

- Bishop Domenico Sigalini, of Palestrina, Italy.