AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, MAY 31, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Karl Auguste Offman, president of the Republic of Mauritius and an entourage.
- Four prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela on their "ad limina" visit:
- Cardinal Ignacio Antonio Velasco Garcia, archbishop of Caracas.
- Archbishop Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela of Barquisimeto, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Jose Luis Azuaje Ayala.
- Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, apostolic nuncio in Bolivia, with relatives.

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

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