This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- The “General States of Natality”;

- His Eminence Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda;

- His Eminence Cardinal Francesco Montenegro;

- Archbishop Peter Bryan Wells, titular of Marcianopoli, apostolic nuncio in Thailand and Cambodia; apostolic delegate in Laos;

- Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, titular of Montecorvino, apostolic nuncio in Israel; apostolic delegate in Jerusalem and Palestine;

- Mr. Minoru Harada, president of the “Soka Gakkai Foundation”;

- A delegation of the International Network of Societies for Catholic Theology (INSeCT);

- A delegation of the Higher Institute of Liturgy, Barcelona, Spain;

- A delegation of the “Merrimack College” Institute of Higher Education, Massachusetts.