AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 10 May 2013 (VIS) – Today the Holy Father received in audience:

   - Cardinal Peter Erdo, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, president of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), accompanied by four other members of that organization's presidency and secretariat:
   - Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop of Genoa, Italy, vice president;
   - Archbishop Jozef Michalik of Przemysl of the Latins, Poland, vice president;
   - Msgr. Duarte Nuno Queiroz da Barros da Cunha, secretary general; and
   - Fr. Michel Remery, vice secretary general.

seven prelates from the Piemonte Region of the Italian Episcopal Conference on their "ad limina" visit:

   - Archbishop Enrico Masseroni of Vercelli,
   - Bishop Pier Giorgio Micchiardi of Acqui,
   - Bishop Francesco Guido Ravinale of Asti,
   - Bishop Gabriele Mana of Biella,
   - Bishop Franco Giulio Brambilla of Novara,
   - Bishop Alceste Catella of Casale Monferrato, and
   - Bishop Edoardo Aldo Cerrato, C.O., of Ivrea.