AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JUN 11, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- Three prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Benin, on the occasion of their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop Nestor Assogba of Cotonou.
- Archbishop Fidele Agbatchi of Parakou.
- Bishop Lucien Monsi-Agboka of Abomey.
- Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of Sacraments, with Archbishop-Bishop emeritus Francesco Pio Tamburino of Reggiano-Policastro, secretary, and Msgr. Vincenzo Ferrara and Msgr. Mario Marini, under-secretaries of the same Congregation.

On Saturday, June 9, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Diego Causero, apostolic nuncio in the Syrian Arab Republic.
- Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, apostolic nuncio in Bolivia.
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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