The Holy Father received in audience:

- Bishop Francisco Polti Santillán, emeritus of Santiago del Estero, Argentina;

- Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg;

- Nine prelates of the International Bishops’ Conference of Sts. Cyril and Methodius, on their “ad Limina” visit:

·         Archbishop Stanislav Hočevar, S.D.B., of Beograd, Serbia;

·         Bishop János Pénzes of Subotica, Serbia;

·         Bishop Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D., of Zrenjanin, Serbia;

·         Bishop Đuro Gašparović of Srijem, Serbia;

·         Bishop Djura Džudžar, apostolic exarch for faithful of Byzantine rite, Serbia;

·         Archbishop Rrok Gjonlleshaj of Bar, Montenegro;

·         Bishop Ilija Janjić of Kotor, Montenegro;

·         Bishop Dodë Gjergji, apostolic administrator of Prizren, Kosovo;

·         Bishop Kiro Stojanov of Skopje, Macedonia; apostolic exarch for faithful of Byzantine rite resident in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.