This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops;

- H.E. Msgr. Claudio Cipolla, bishop of Padua, Italy;

- Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura;

- H.E. Msgr: Salvatore Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization.

- H.E. Msgr. Luigi Mistò, secretary of the Administrative Section of the Secretariat for the Economy.