AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, SEP 22, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

 - Bingu wa Mutharika, president of the Republic of Malawi, accompanied by his wife and an entourage.

 - Seven prelates from the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate, on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Bishop Francisco Javier Chavolla Ramos of Toluca.

    - Archbishop Rosendo Huesca Pacheco of Puebla de los Angeles.

    - Bishop Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda of Huajuapan de Leon.

    - Bishop Salvador Martinez Perez of Huejutla.

    - Bishop Jacinto Guerrero Torres of Tlaxcala.

    - Archbishop Ricardo Guizar Diaz of Tlalnepantla, apostolic administrator of Cuautitlan, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Francisco Ramirez Navarro.

  This afternoon he is scheduled to receive in separate audiences:

 - Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

 - Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples.

 - Bishop Luis Artemio Flores Calzado of Valle de Chalco, Mexico, on his "ad limina" visit.

 - Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops.
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