This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for Fundamental Questions regarding Evangelization in the World);

- His Eminence Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments;

- The Reverend Robert A. Dowd, president of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, with the vice president, the Reverend Austin Collins.

- Inauguration of the Academic Year of the Pontifical Lateran University.