AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY
Vatican Information Service

Vatican City, 21 October 2013 (VIS) – Today, the Holy Father received in audience:

– Kenneth F. Hackett, the new ambassador of the United States to the Holy See, presenting his credential letters.

– Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, Germany.

– Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst of Limburg, Germany.

– Bishop Juan Ignacio Gonzalez Errazuriz of San Bernardo, Chile.

On Saturday, 19 October the Holy Father received in audience:

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

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

– Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, with his family.

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