This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Archbishop Paul Stagg Coakley of Oklahoma City, United States of America, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, with Bishop Daniel Ernest Flores of Brownsville, vice president; Msgr. Michael J. K. Fuller, general secretary; and the Reverend Paul B. R. Hartmann, associate general secretary;

- Bishop Luis Antonio Scozzina, O.F.M., of Orán, Argentina;

- Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria, United States of America;

- His Excellency Mr. Janez Janša, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, with his wife and entourage;

- Archbishop Thomas Gerard Wenski of Miami, United States of America;

- His Excellency Mr. Marcus Bergmann, ambassador of Austria, on his farewell visit;

- A delegation of the Association of Lay Vatican Employees, and the Association Donne in Vaticano (“Women in the Vatican”);

- Priests and religious from Korea, resident in Rome.