AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JAN 15, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

 - Six prelates from the Italian Episcopal Conference, on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Archbishop-Bishop Beniamino Depalma C.M., of Nola.

    - Bishop Gennaro Pascarella of Pozzuoli.

    - Archbishop Felice Cece of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia.

    - Bishop Arturo Aiello of Teano-Calvi.

    - Bishop Antonio Napoletano C.SS.R., of Sessa Aurunca.

    - Archbishop Gerardo Pierro of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.

 - James T. Morris, executive director of the World Food Program, on his farewell visit.

  On Saturday, January 13, he received in separate audiences:

 - Six prelates from the Italian Episcopal Conference, on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Bishop Salvatore Giovanni Rinaldi of Acerra.

    - Bishop Pietro Farina of Alife-Caiazzo.

    - Archbishop-Bishop Mario Milano of Aversa.

    - Archbishop Bruno Schettino of Capua.

    - Bishop Raffaele Nogaro of Caserta.

    - Bishop Filippo Strofaldi of Ischia.

 - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio S.J., archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina and president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, accompanied by Archbishop Luis Hector Villalba of Tucuman and Bishop Augustin Roberto Radrizzani S.D.B., of Lomas de Zamora, vice presidents, and by Bishop Sergio Alfredo Fenoy of San Miguel, secretary general.

 - Guillermo Leon Escobar-Herran, ambassador of Colombia, on his farewell visit.

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

 - Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum."
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