AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JAN 24, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Miguel Angel Rodriguez, president of the Republic of Costa Rica, accompanied by his wife and an entourage.
- His Beatitude Michel Sabbah, patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins.
- Bishop Walter Kasper, emeritus of Rottenburg-Stuttgart and secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and Msgr. Francesco Eleuterio Fortino, under-secretary of the same council.

On Saturday, January 22, he received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Blasco Francisco Collaco, apostolic nuncio in Bulgaria.
- Archbishop Alfio Rapisarda, apostolic nuncio in Brazil.
- Bishop Jozef Zlatnansky, secretary of the Permanent Inter-dicasterial Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe.
- Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach S.J., superior general of the Company of Jesus.
- Archbishop Francesco Monterisi, secretary of the Congregation for Bishops.

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