AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, DEC 12, 2003 - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Luigi Pezzuto, apostolic nuncio in Tanzania.

- Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, apostolic nuncio in Thailand, Singapore and Cambodia; apostolic delegate in Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam.

- Four prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Sudan on their 'ad limina' visit:

- Bishop Joseph Abangite Gasi of Tombura-Yambio.

- Bishop Paride Taban of Torit, with Auxiliary Bishop Akio Johnson Mutek.

- Bishop Rudolf Deng Majak of Wau.

- Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

This evening he is scheduled to receive Archbishop Angelo Amato, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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