AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, NOV 17, 2006 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

 - Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, accompanied by an entourage.

 - Roland Koch, minister president of Hesse, Germany, accompanied by his wife and an entourage.

 - Four prelates from the German Bishops' Conference, on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Archbishop Ludwig Schick of Bamberg, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Werner Radspieler.

    - Bishop Anton Schlembach of Speyer, accompanied by auxiliary Bishop Otto Georgens.

  This evening, he is scheduled to receive in separate audiences seven prelates from the German Bishops' Conference, on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishops Manfred Melzer, Rainer Woelki and Heiner Koch, and by former Auxiliary Bishop Klaus Dick.

    - Bishop Friedhelm Hofmann of Wurzburg, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Helmut Bauer.
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