AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, SEP 8, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

 - Archbishop Alberto Bottari de Castello, apostolic nuncio to Japan.

 - Mihail Dobre, ambassador of Romania, on a farewell visit.

 - Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and Educational Institutions).

  This evening, he is scheduled to receive in audience Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome.
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