AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, NOV 7, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

 - Valentin Abecia Baldivieso, ambassador of Bolivia, on a farewell visit.

 - Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and president of the Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei."

  On Saturday, November 5, he received in separate audiences:

 - Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida, archbishop of Detroit, U.S.A.

 - Archbishop Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

 - Bishop Mauro Piacenza, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church, and of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology.

- Msgr. Walter Brandmuller, president of the Pontifical Committee of Historical Sciences.

 - Fr. Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa O.P., master general of the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans)

 - Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
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