AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, MAR 8, 2004 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- Six prelates from the Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands on their "ad limina" visit:

- Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis, archbishop of Utrecht, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Gerard Johannes Nicolaus de Korte.

- Bishop Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens of Breda.

- Bishop Willem Jacobus Eijk of Groningen.

- Bishop Joseph Maria Punt of Haarlem, apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the Military Ordinariate for the Netherlands, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Johannes Gerardus Maria van Bursteden.

- Archbishop Jean-Claude Perisset, apostolic nuncio in Romania and Moldova.

- Archbishop Anselmo Guido Pecorari, apostolic nuncio in Rwanda, accompanied by family members.

On Saturday March 6, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- Johannes Rau, president of the Federal Republic of Germany, accompanied by his wife and an entourage.

- Archbishop Juliusz Janusz, apostolic nuncio in Hungary.

- Msgr. Bruno Forte, preacher of the Spiritual Exercises.
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