This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- The Reverend Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P., Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas;

- Ms. Elena Gelosa, senior vice president of the “Rockefeller Foundation”;

- Bishop Francesco Oliva of Locri-Gerace, Italy;

- Bishop Fausto Tardelli of Pistoia and Pescia, Italy;

- Bishop Heiner Wilmer of Münster, Federal Republic of Germany;

- Members of the “Ausilia” Foundation;

- Monastic Community of the Abbey of Santa Scolastica, Subiaco; Monastic Community of the Abbey of Santa Maria del Monte, Cesena; and the Benedictine Nuns of the Abbey of Santa Scolastica, Bari;

- Members of the “Illinois Municipal League”.