Pope John Paul II received on Tuesday in separate audiences six prelates of the first group of US Bishops on their “ad limina” visit.

The Holy Father met with Archbishop John Clement Favalora of Miami, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Felipe de Jesus Estevez; Bishop John Kevin Boland of Savannah; Bishop Norbert M. Dorsey, of Orlando, accompanied by Coadjutor Bishop Thomas Gerard Wenski and Bishop Gerald Michael Barbarito of Palm Beach.

The Pope is expected to deliver his first speech on pastoral challenges later this week.