AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JUL 6, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- His Beatitude Philippos, patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Eritrea, accompanied by his entourage.
- Cardinal William Wakefield Baum, major penitentiary.
- Archbishop Jose Fernandez Arteaga of Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Toru Twanami, ambassador of Japan, on a farewell visit.
- Cardinal Jan Pieter Schotte, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops.

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

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