The Holy Father received in audience:

- Archbishop Augustine Kasujja, apostolic nuncio in Belgium;

- Fr. Roberto D. Dotta, O.S.B., abbot of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls;

- Cardinal Raffaele Farina, archivist and librarian emeritus of the Holy Roman Church;

- Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, Dominican Republic, president of the Conference of the Dominican Episcopate, with Archbishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta of Santo Domingo, Bishop Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez of la Vega, and Bishop Andrés Napoleón Romero Cárdenas of Barahona.