Audiences

Vatican City, 9 March 2015 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church;

- Fourteen prelates of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, on their “ad Limina” visit:

- Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-joong of Gwangju, with his auxiliary, Bishop Simon Ok Hyun-jin;

- Bishop Peter Kang U-il of Cheju;

- Bishop Vincent Ri Pyung-ho of Jeonju;

- Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, archbishop of Seoul, apostolic administrator “sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” of P’youg-yang with his auxiliaires, Bishop Basil Cho Kyu-man, BishopTimothy Yu Gyoung-chon, and Bishop Peter Chung Soon-taek;

- Bishop Luke Kim Woon-hoe of Ch’unch,ŏn, apostolic administrator “sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” of Hamhǔng;

- Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik of Daejeon, with his auxiliary, Bishop Augustinus Kim Jong-soo;

- Bishop Boniface Choi Ki-san, with his auxiliary, Bishop John Baptist Jung Shin-chul; and

- Dom Blasio Park Hyun-dong, O.S.B., apostolic administrator “ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” of the dell’Abbazia di Tŏkwon

On Saturday, 7 March, the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.