AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, OCT 21, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Georg Eder of Salzburg, Austria.
- Three prelates from the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (Northeast I-IV) on their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop Celso Jose Pinto da Silva of Teresina.
- Bishop Augusto Alves da Rocha of Oeiras-Floriano.
- Bishop Jose Doth de Oliveira of Iguatu.

On Saturday October 19, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:
- Mikhail Sergeevic Gorbaciov.
- Archbishop Fortunato Baldelli, apostolic nuncio in France.
- Pedro Jose Rivera Saavedra, ambassador of Bolivia, on his farewell visit.
- Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of Sacraments.

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