AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JUL 9, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

 - His Beatitude Ignace Pierre VIII Abdel-Ahad, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians, Lebanon, accompanied by an entourage.

 - Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, president of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace.

 - Cardinal Achille Silvestrini, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

 - Archbishop Giuseppe Betori, secretary general of the Italian Episcopal Conference.

  On Friday, July 8, he received in audience Archbishop Paul J. Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum".
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