AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, OCT 22, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Luigi Dossena, apostolic nuncio in Slovakia.
- Archbishop Ambrose B. De Paoli, apostolic nuncio in Japan.
- Bishop Joseph Anthony Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, U.S.A. and president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, accompanied by Bishop Wilton Daniel Gregory of Belleville and Msgr. Dennis M. Schnurr, respectively vice-president and secretary general of the conference.

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

- Fr. Gerard Joseph Conroy, professor of sacred scriptures at the Glasgow National Seminary, Scotland.
- Fr. Giorgio Costantino, moderator of the regional office for social communications and spokesperson of the Episcopal Conference of Calabria, archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova, Italy.
- Mary A. Curtin, senior producer of the Irish Radio and Television Service, Ireland.
- Ysabel de Andia O.C.V., director of research for ancient philosophy at the 'Centre National de Recherches Scientifiques,' France.
- Fr. Jesus de las Heras Muela, moderator of the information office of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, Spain.
- Fr. Bernard Grogan S.D.B., secretary to the counsellor general for formation in the Society of Salesians of St. John Bosco, Great Britain.
- Stanislaw and Ludmila Grygiel from Poland, of the "John Paul II" Institute, Pontifical Lateran University, Rome.
- Sr. Marie Noelle Hausman S.C.M., superior general of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Belgium.
- Fr. Stanislas Lalanne, moderator of the 'Centre de Presse des journees Mondiales de la Jeunesse,' French Episcopal Conference, France.
- Bro. Luc de Taize, member of the Taize Community, France. - Bro. Roger de Taize of the Taize Community, France.
- William Stainsby, president of the Newman Institute of Ireland and director of the Center for Faith and Culture, Ireland.
- Helmut Steindl, member of the 'Comite Episcopal Europeen pour les Medias,' Switzerland.
- Denis Vienot, president of 'Caritas Europeenne,' France.

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