This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of München und Freising, Federal Republic of Germany, coordinator of the Council for the Economy;

- Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag, titular of Maastricht, apostolic nuncio in Nicaragua;

- Reverend Don Julian Carrón, president of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation;

- Reverend Msgr. Jorge de Salas;

- Participants in the Convention organized by the Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches.