AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, DEC 21, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar general for the diocese of Rome and president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, with Bishop Agostino Superbo, emeritus of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti, general ecclesiastical assistant of Italian Catholic Action, and Paola Bignardi, president of Italian Caholic Action.

This evening he is scheduled to receive Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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