1999: 1,500,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN MEETINGS WITH THE POPE

VATICAN CITY, DEC 29, 1999 (VIS) - During 1999, more than one and a half million people took part in meetings and ceremonies presided over by the Holy Father. This information was made public today in a communique released by the Prefecture of the Papal Household.

The prefecture gives as 570,000 the number of people who participated in general audiences. Those who took part in audiences with various different groups are numbered at 240,030, while the number of those who attended other ceremonies is given as 735,100.

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