This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

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

- H.E. Msgr. Fortunatus Nwachukwu, titular archbishop of Acquaviva, apostolic nuncio in Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Commonwealth of Dominica, and Jamaica; Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; and apostolic delegate in the Antilles;

- H.E. Msgr. Tommaso Valentinetti, archbishop of Pescara-Penne, Italy;

- Community of the Pontifical Regional Seminary of Sardinia.