AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JAN 14, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Pablo Puente, apostolic nuncio in Great Britain.
- Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, apostolic nuncio in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
- Archbishop Hans Schwemmer, apostolic nuncio in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
- Bishop Jayme Henrique Chemello of Pelotas, Brazil, president of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference, accompanied by Archbishop Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira of Paraiba, Brazil, and Bishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis, auxiliary of Brasilia, Brazil, respectively vice-president and secretary general of the same episcopal conference.
- Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves O.P., president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and Bishop Cipriano Calderon Polo, vice-president of the same commission.

This evening he is scheduled to receive Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., emeritus of Vercelli, Italy, and secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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