AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JAN 26, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Twelve prelates of the Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference on the occasion of their "ad limina" visit:
- Cardinal Laszlo Paskai, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishops Antal Spanyi and Miklos Beer.
- Archbishop Istvan Seregely of Eger, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishops Endre Kovacs, Istvan Katona, and Andras Veres.
- Archbishop Gyula Marfi of Veszprem.
- Bishop Balazs Babel of Kalocsa-Kecskemet, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Laszlo Biro.
- Bishop Szilard Keresztes of Hajdudorog for Byzantine-rite Catholics, and apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the apostolic exarchate of Miskolc for the parishes of Byzantine-rite faithful in Hungarian territory.
- Bishop Endre Gyulay of Szeged-Csanad.
- Archbishop Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, Bishop Diarmuid Martin and Msgr. Giampaolo Crepaldi, respectively president, secretary and under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
This evening he is scheduled to receive Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, emeritus of Vercelli, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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