AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, FEB 16, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Two prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Argentina, on their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop Domingo Salvador Castagna of Corrientes.
- Bishop Emilio Bianchi di Carcano of Azul.
- Elias Najmeh, ambassador of the Arab Republic of Syria, accompanied by his wife, on a farewell visit.
- Bishop Christo Proykov, apostolic exarch of Sofia for Catholics of the Byzantine-Slavic rite resident in Bulgaria and president of the Bulgarian Episcopal Conference.
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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