This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for First Evangelization and the new particular Churches;

- His Eminence Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, with Msgr. Armando Matteo, secretary for the Doctrinal Section of the same Dicastery;

- Archbishop Nicola Girasoli, titular of Egnazia Appula, apostolic nuncio in Slovakia;

- Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, Military Ordinary for the United States of America, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; with Archbishop William Edward Lori of Baltimore, vice president; the Reverend Michael J. K. Fuller, secretary general; the Reverend Paul B. R. Hartmann, assistant secretary general;

- His Eminence Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D., metropolitan archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan;

- A delegation from the Aid to the Church in Need Foundation;

- Participants in the Jubilee of Consecrated Life.