AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 15 March 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience:

- His Beatitude Gregorios III Laham, Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites, Syria.

- Nine prelates of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on their "ad limina" visit:

- Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston, accompanied Auxiliary Bishop-elect George A. Sheltz.

- Bishop Joe Steve Vasquez of Austin.

- Bishop Curtis John Guillory S.V.D. of Beaumont.

- Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, accompanied by Bishop emeritus Raymundo Joseph Pena.

- Bishop William Michael Mulvey of Corpus Christi.

- Bishop Alvaro Corrada del Rio S.J. of Tyler.

- Bishop David Eugene Fellhauer of Victoria in Texas.

- Archbishop Robert Zollitsch of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.