AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, FEB 18, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience Cardinal Roger Etchegaray.

This evening at 6:30 he is scheduled to receive Kofi Annan, secretary general of the United Nations, and an entourage.

AP;...;...;... ;VIS;20030218;Word: 30;

MESSAGE FOR WORLD MISSION DAY TO BE PRESENTED

VATICAN CITY, FEB 18, 2003 (VIS) - The Holy Father's Message for World Mission Day 2003 will be presented by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, at a conference in the Holy See Press Office on Friday, February 21 at 11:30 a.m.

Joining Cardinal Sepe will be Archbishops Robert Sarah, congregation secretary, and Patabendige Don Albert Malcolm Ranjith, adjunct secretary, and Fr. Massimo Cenci, under-secretary.

OP;MISSION DAY MESSAGE;...;SEPE;VIS;20030218;Word: 80;