AUDIENCES

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

- Carlos Saul Menem, president of the Republic of Argentina, accompanied by an entourage.
- Sheikh Hamad Bin Essa Al-Khalifa, emir of Bahrain.
- Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State.

On Saturday, November 20, he received in separate audiences:

- Eleven prelates from the German Episcopal Conference, on their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop Ludwig Averkamp of Hamburg, accompanied by his auxiliaries, Bishops Norbert Werbs and Hans-Jochen Jaschke.
- Bishop Joachim Friedrich Reinelt of Dresden-Meissen.
- Bishop Leopold Nowak of Magdeburg, accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Gerhard Feige.
- Bishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode of Osnabruck, accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Theodor Kettmann.
- Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff of Aachen, accompanied by his auxiliaries, Bishops Gerd Dicke and Karl Reger.
- Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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