AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 4 February 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

His Beatitude Louis Raphael I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, along with members of the Synod of Bishops of the Chaldean Church,

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, apostolic nuncio to Australia and titular of Hodelm, and

eight prelates from the Emilia-Romagna region of the Italian Episcopal Conference on their "ad limina" visit:

- Archbishop Antonio Lanfranchi of Modena-Nonantola,

- Archbishop Luigi Negri of Ferrara-Comacchio,

- Archbishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni of Ravenna-Cervia,

- Bishop Francesco Lambiasi of Rimini,

- Bishop Tommaso Ghirelli of Imola,

- Bishop Enrico Solmi of Parma,

- Bishop Douglas Regattieri of Cesena-Sarsina, and

- Bishop Massimo Camisasca, F.S.C.B., of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla.

On Saturday, 2, February, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and

seven prelates from the Emilia-Romagna region of the Italian Episcopal Conference on their "ad limina" visit:

- Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, archbishop of Bologna,

- Archbishop Paolo Rabitti, emeritus of Ferrara-Comacchio,

- Bishop Claudio Stagni of Faenza-Modigliana,

- Bishop Lino Pizzi of Forli-Bertinoro,

- Bishop Carlo Mazza of Fidenza,

- Bishop Gianni Ambrosio of Piacenza-Bobbio, and

- Bishop Francesco Cavina of Carpi.