AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, FEB 25, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Six prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Argentina, on their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop Estanislao Esteban Karlic of Parana, accompanied by his auxiliary Juan Alberto Puiggari.
- Archbishop Alfonso Delgado Evers of San Juan de Cuyo.
- Archbishop Hector Ruben Aguer of La Plata.
- Bishop Luis Teodoro Stockler of Goya.

He also received the following Argentinian prelates:

- Archbishop Moises Blanchoud, emeritus of Salta.
- Archbishop Jorge Manuel Lopez, emeritus of Rosario.
- Archbishop Emilio Ognenovich, emeritus of Mercedes-Lujan.
- Bishop Joan Rodolfo Laise, emeritus of San Luis.
- Bishop Bernardo Witte, emeritus of Concepcion.
- Bishop Andres Sapelak, emeritus of Santa Maria del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires of the Ukrainians.

On Saturday, February 23, it was made public that he received in separate audiences:

- Cardinal Claudio Hummes O.F.M., archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and preacher during this year's spiritual exercises of the Roman Curia.
- Archbishop Faustino Sainz Munoz, apostolic nuncio to the European Community.
- Msgr. Paul Richard Gallagher, special envoy and permanent observer to the Council of Europe.
- Cardinal Camillo Ruini, his vicar general for the diocese of Rome and president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, accompanied by Bishop Luigi Moretti, auxiliary of Rome for the central pastoral sector; Fr. Remo Bati S.D.B., chaplain to Filipino immigrants in the diocese of Rome, and Msgr Gino Amicarelli, rector of the church of "S. Pudenziana al Viminale."
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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