AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 3 March 2014 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Cardinal Fernando Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples.

- Ten prelates of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, on their “ad limina” visit:

- Archbishop Jesus Sanz Montes of Oviedo, with his auxiliary, Bishop Juan Antonio Menendez Fernandez;

- Bishop Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias of Astorga

- Bishop Julian Lopez Martin of Leon;

- Bishop Vicente Jimenez Zamora of Santander;

- Archbishop Julian Barrio Barrio of Santiago de Compostela;

- Bishop Alfonso Carrasco Rouco of Lugo;

- Bishop Manuel Sanchez Monge of Mondonedo-Ferrol;

- Bishop Jose Leonardo Lemos Montanet of Orense; and

- Bishop Luis Quintero Fiuza of Tui-Vigo.

On Saturday, 1 March, the Holy Father received in audience:

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

- Fernando Zegers Santa Cruz, ambassador of Chile to the Holy See, on his farewell visit.

- Ten prelates of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, on their “ad limina” visit:

- Archbishop Santiago Garcia Aracil of Merida-Badajoz;

- Bishop Francisco Cerro Chaves of Coria-Caceres;

- Bishop Amadeo Rodriguez Magro of Plasencia;

- Archbishop Braulio Rodriguez Plaza of Toledo, with his auxiliary, Bishop Angel Fernandez Collado;

- Bishop Ciriaco Benavente Mateos of Albacete;

- Bishop Antonio Angel Algora Hernando of Ciudad Real;

- Bishop Jose Maria Yanguas Sanz of Cuenca;

- Bishop Atilano Rodriguez Martinez of Siguenza-Guadalajara; and

- Bishop Juan del Rio Martin, military ordinary for Spain.

- Professor George Weigel.