This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap., archbishop of Boston, United States of America, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors;

- His Eminence Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, apostolic vicar of Vientiane, Laos;

- H.E. Msgr. Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith;

- Professor Matteo Truffelli, national president of Italian Catholic Action, with H.E. Msgr. Gualtiero Sigismondi, general ecclesiastical assistant;

- Mr. Francisco Argüello, founder of the Neocatechumenal Way;

- Monks of the Benedictine Confederation.