AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, MAR 18, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, dean of the College of Cardinals.
- Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of Sacraments, and an entourage, for the presentation of the new Roman Missal published by his dicastery.

On Saturday March 16, he received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Osvaldo Padilla, apostolic nuncio in Nigeria.
- Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, permanent observer to the Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva, Switzerland and to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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