AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, SEP 1, 2003 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- Eight prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India:

- Archbishop Oswald Gracias of Agra.

- Bishop Patrick Paul D'Souza of Varanasi.

- Bishop Patrick Nair of Meerut, accompanied by Coadjutor Bishop Oswald Lewis.

- Bishop Frederick D'Souza of Jhansi.

- Bishop Ignatius Menezes of Ajmer and Jaipur.

- Bishop Joseph Pathalil of Udaipur.
- Bishop Isidore Fernandes of Allahabad.

- Bishop Vincenzo Paglia of Terni-Narni-Amelia, with Prof. Andrea Riccardi of the Sant'Egidio Community.

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