AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, MAY 12, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

 - Jacques Diouf, director general of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), accompanied by an entourage.

 - Cardinal Jose T. Sanchez, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy.

 - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, apostolic nuncio to the Philippines.

 - His Royal Highness Duke Franz of Bavaria, accompanied by an entourage.

  This evening, he is scheduled to receive in audience Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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