AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 18 April 2013 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father received:

- His Excellency Antonio Carlos Carvalho de Almeida Ribeiro, the new ambassador of Portugal to the Holy See, presenting his credential letters,

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

eight prelates of the Triveneto region of the Italian Episcopal Conference on their "ad limina" visit:

  - Archbishop Luigi Bressan of Trento,

  - Archbishop Andrea Bruno Mazzocato of Udine,

  - Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, bishop of Trieste,

  - Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli of Gorizia,

  - Archbishop Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv., bishop of Treviso,

  - Bishop Corrado Pizziolo of Vittorio Veneto,

  - Bishop Giuseppe Pellegrini of Concordia-Pordenone, and

  - Bishop Ivo Muser of Bolzano-Bressanone.