The following groups were present at the general audience on Wednesday 18 January, in Aula Paolo VI.
From different countries: Participants in the General Chapter of the Sisters of the Company of Mary; Daughters of Mary Help of Christians; Oblate Sisters to Divine Love.
From Italy: Children from Ukraine, guests of the Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro; Parish of Santa Maria Assunta, in Piglio; “Filo di Arianna” elderly center in Ostuni; Autonomous National Syndicate of Journalists; “Deledda – San Giovanni Bosco” Institute, Ginosa; “Caetani” Institute, of Cisterna di Latina; group of faithful from Palermo.
Newly wed couples.
Groups of faithful from: Czech Republic.
From Poland: A group of pilgrims from the parish of St. st. Herbert Bishop in Wodzisław Śląski; teachers from Piarist Schools of the Queen of Peace in Łowicz, pilgrims to the grave of St. Joseph Calasanz in Rome; teachers and educators of the Catholic School Complex of st. Queen Jadwiga in Tczew; young people with a chaplain from the parish of the Holy Trinity in Rachowice (diocese of Gliwice); individual pilgrims from Poland and abroad.
From the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A group of pilgrims from the Diocese of Mbujimayi.
From Australia: Catholic Principals and teachers from the Diocese of Parramatta, New South Wales.
From the United States of America: Pilgrims from the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Saint Patrick Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey; Students, faculty and staff from the following: ciee (Council on International Education Exchange) Rome Study Center, Portland, Maine; University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota; Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington; Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, California; Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa; Benedectine College, Atchison, Kansas; Saint Augustine High School, San Diego, California.
From the Federal Republic of Germany: group of pilgrims from Eining; European School Bornheim.
From the Republic of Austria: International School Carinthia (9220 Ve/den am Wörtherse).
From Spain: Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies; San Lorenzo Parish, Murcia; Professor Andrés Bojollo Institute, from Puente Genil; Itálica and Nestor Almendros Institute, from Santiponce; López de Arenas Institute, Marchena; Instituto Maestro Domingo Cáceres, Badajoz; Las Esclavas Sagrado Corazón de Jesús School, in El Puerto de Santa María; Arenales College, Madrid.
From Mexico: group of pilgrims
From Honduras: Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Tegucigalpa.
From Chile: Parish of the Tabernacle, of Temuco; Judas Tadeo Parish, San Carlos de Ancud.