AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 5 May 2014 (VIS) – Today the Holy Father received in audience:

- Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, archbishop of Lima, Peru.

- Archbishop Marek Solczynski, apostolic nuncio in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

- Ten prelates of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Burundi, on their “ad limina” visit:

Archbishop Simon Ntamwana of Gitenga;

Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye of Muyinga;

Bishop Gervais Banshimiyubusa of Ngozi, with Bishop emeritus Stanislas Kaburungu;

Bishop Bonaventure Nahimana of Rutana;

Bishop Blaise Nzeyimana of Ruyigi;

Archbishop Evariste Ngoyagoye of Bujumbura;

Bishop Jean Ntagwarara of Bubanza, with his coadjutor Bishop Georges Bizimana;

Bishop Vanant Bacinoni of Bururi.

- Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, archbishop of San Cristobal de La Habana, Cuba.

On Saturday, 3 May the Holy Father received in audience:

- Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munchen und Freising, Federal Republic of Germany, coordinator of the Council for the Economy.

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

- Fourteen prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka on their “ad limina” visit:

Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don, archbishop of Colombo, with his auxiliaries, Bishop Fidelis Lionel Emmanuel Fernando and Bishop Sampathawaduge Maxwell Grenville Silva;

Bishop Norbert Marshall Andradi of Anuradhapura;

Bishop Julian Winston Sebastian Fernando of Badulla;

Bishop Joseph Ponniah of Batticaloa;

Bishop Warnakulasurya Wadumestrige Devsritha Valence Mendis of Chilaw;

Bishop Raymond Kingsley Wickramasinghe of Galle;

Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam Emmanuel of Jaffna;

Bishop Joseph Vianney Fernando of Kandy;

Bishop Harold Anthony Perera of Kurunegala;

Bishop Rayappu Joseph of Mannar;

Bishop Cletus Chandrasiri Perera of Ratnapura;

Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai of Trincomalee.