AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, SEP 10, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Rino Passigato, apostolic nuncio in Peru.
- Archbishop Mario Roberto Cassari, apostolic nuncio in the Republic of the Congo and in Gabon.
- Five prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Haiti on their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop Francois Gayot of Cap-Haitien.
- Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot, coadjutor and apostolic administrator "sede plena" of Port-au-Prince, with Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Lafontant.
- Bishop Emmanuel Constant of Les Gonaives.
- Bishop Willy Romelus of Jeremie.
- Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, emeritus of Vercelli, respectively prefect and secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

On Saturday, he received in separate audiences:
- Francesco Storace, president of the Lazio Region, accompanied by his wife.
- Archbishop Francesco Marchisano, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church and of the Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archeology.
- Msgr. Piero Monni, Holy See permanent observer to the World Tourism Organization.
- Bishop Salvatore Boccaccio of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino, Italy.

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