AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, MAR 16, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- Janos Martonyi, foreign minister of Hungary, accompanied by his wife and entourage.
- Two prelates of the Conference of Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions (C.E.L.R.A.), on the occasion of their "ad limina" visit.
- Fr. Umberto Barato, O.F.M., patriarchal vicar for Cyprus of the Latins.
- Fr. Giorgio Bertin, O.F.M., apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Mogadishu, Somalia.
- Javier Luis Egana Baraona, ambassador of Chile, accompanied by his wife, on a farewell visit.
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re and Bishop Cipriano Calderon Polo, respectively president and vice-president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

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

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