AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JUN 16, 2000 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Mehmet Nuri Yilmaz, president of religious affairs in Turkey, accompanied by his entourage.
- Steven A. Loyatum, Kenyan ambassador, on a farewell visit.
- Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva of Leiria-Fatima, Portugal, accompanied by his entourage.
- Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, accompanied by Bishop Walter Kasper, secretary of the same council.

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

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