AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 11 January 2013 (VIS) - Today, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- Renata Polverini, president of the Lazio region of Italy,

- Giovanni Alemanno, mayor of Rome, Italy, and

- Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of the papal basilica of St. Peter's in the Vatican, vicar general of His Holiness for Vatican City, and president of the Fabric of St. Peter's.

This afternoon, he is scheduled to receive officers and members of the Corps of the Gendarmerie of Vatican City State in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace.