This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- H.E. Msgr. Paul Tighe, titular bishop of Drivasto, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture

- H.E. Msgr. Joseph Marino, titular archbishop of Natchitoches, apostolic nuncio in Malaysia and in East Timor; apostolic delegate in Brunei Darussalam;

- Prelates of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan, on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit:

  - H.E. Msgr. Joseph Coutts, archbishop of Karachi;

  - H.E. Msgr. Samson Shukardin, bishop of Hyderabad;

  - H.E. Msgr. Sebastian Francis Shaw, archbishop of Lahore;

  - H.E. Msgr. Joseph Arshad, bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi;

  - H.E. Msgr. Benny Mario Travas, bishop of Multan.