The Holy Father received in audience:

- Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;

- Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, apostolic nuncio in India and Nepal;

- Bishop Carlos José Tissera of Quilmes, Argentina;

- Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.