This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- Prelates of the Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean, on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” Visit:

H.E. Msgr. Gilbert Aubry, bishop of Saint-Denis-de-La Réunion, La Réunion;

H.E. Msgr. Alain Harel, titular bishop of Forconio, vicar apostolic of Rodrigues, Ile Maurice;

His Eminence Cardinal Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp., bishop of Port-Louis, Ile Maurice;

H.E. Msgr. Charles Mahuza Yava, S.D.S., titular bishop of Apisa maggiore, vicar apostolic of the Comoros Islands, Comoros;

H.E. Msgr. Denis Wiehe, bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles, Seychelles.

- His Eminence Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of München und Freising, Federal Republic of Germany; coordinator of the Council for the Economy;

- H.E. Msgr. Giovanni d’Aniello, titular archbishop of Paestum, apostolic nuncio in Brazil;

- H.E. Msgr. Guido Pozzo, titular archbishop of Bagnoregio, secretary of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”;

- H.E. Msgr. Jude Thaddeus Okolo, titular archbishop of Novica, apostolic nuncio in Ireland;

- Participants in the International Convention of Rectors and Pastoral Workers of Shrines.