AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 11 April 2013 (VIS) – This morning, the Holy Father received ten prelates from the Tuscany region of the Italian Episcopal Conference on their "ad limina" visit:

- Cardinal Giuseppe Betori, archbishop of Florence, with Auxiliary Bishop Claudio Maniago,

- Archbishop Riccardo Fontana of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro,

- Archbishop Benvenuto Italo Castellani of Lucca,

- Bishop Mario Meini of Fiesole,

- Bishop Mansueto Bianchi of Pistoia,

- Bishop Franco Agostinelli of Prato,

- Bishop Fausto Tardelli of San Miniato,

- Bishop Giovanni Santucci of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, and

- Abbot Diego Gualtiero Rosa, O.S.B. Oliv., Abbot of Monte Oliveto Maggiore.