AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, OCT 11, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received Cardinal Kazimierz Swiatek, archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Pinsk, Belarus.

The following participants in the Synod for Europe were invited to lunch by the Holy Father:

- Cardinal Ricardo Maria Carles Gordo, archbishop of Barcelona, Spain.
- Archbishop Gabino Diaz Merchan of Oviedo, Spain.
- Archbishop Elias Yanes Alvarez of Zaragoza, Spain.
- Archbishop Geraldo Majella Agnelo of Sao Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.
- Archbishop Jaime Pedro Goncalves of Beira, Mozambique.
- Fernando Sebastian Aguilar C.M.F., of Pamplona, Spain.
- Archbishop Francisco Alvarez Martinez of Toledo, primate of Spain.
- Archbishop Jose da Cruz Policarpo, patriarch of Lisbon and president of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference, Portugal.
- Bishop Antonio Baltasar Marcelino of Aveiro, Portugal.
- Bishop Juan Maria Uriarte Goiricelaya of Zamora, Spain.
- Bishop Jose Sanchez Gonzalez of Siguenza-Guadalajara, Spain.
- Bishop Manuel Pelino Domingues of Santarem, Portugal.
- Bishop Javier Echevarria Rodriguez of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.

On Saturday, October 9, he received in separate audiences:

- Hubert Vedrine, foreign minister of France, accompanied by his entourage.
- Archbishop Francesco Monterisi, secretary of the Congregation for Bishops.

Also on Saturday, the following participants in the Synod for Europe were invited to lunch by the Holy Father:

- Cardinal Jan Chryzosotom Korec S.J., bishop of Nitra, Slovakia.
- Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, archbishop of Prague, Czech Republic.
- Archbishop Henryk Muszynski of Gniezno, Poland.
- Archbishop Jan Graubner of Olomouc, Czech Republic.
- Bishop Rudolf Balaz, of Banska Bystrica, Slovakia.
- Bishop Frantisek Radkovsky of Plzen, Czech Republic.
- Bishop Frantisek Rabek, auxiliary of Nitra, Slovakia.
- Bishop Stefan Vrablec, auxiliary of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia.
- Msgr. Pavol Brzy, professor at the faculty of theology in the Komensky University of Bratislava, Slovakia.
- Fr. Maciej Zieba O.P., provincial superior of the Order of Friars Preachers in Poland.
- Fr. Stanislaw Andrzej Opiela S.J., secretary of the Episcopal Conference of the Russian Federation.
- Fr. Tadeusz Winnicki, superior general of the Society of Christ for Polish Migrants, Poland.

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