AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, APR 30, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid, Spain.
- Claudio Caratsch, ambassador of Switzerland on special mission to the Holy See, on a farewell visit.

On Saturday, April 28, he received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Luigi Dossena, apostolic nuncio.
- Archbishop Angelo Acerbi, apostolic nuncio.
- Teodor Baconsky, ambassador of Romania, accompanied by his wife and children, on a farewell visit.
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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