AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, DEC 3, 2007 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

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

 - Two prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Bishop Peter Lee Ki-heon, military ordinary.

    - Fr. Simon Peter Ri Hyong-u O.S.B., apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the territorial abbey of Tokwon.

  - Bishop Wenceslao Padilla C.I.C.M., apostolic prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on his "ad limina" visit.

  On Saturday, December 1, he received in separate audiences five prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Bishop John Chrysostom Kwon Hyeok-ju of Andong.

    - Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun of Cheongju.

    - Bishop Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok of Masan, accompanied by Bishop emeritus Michael Pak Jeong-il.

    - Bishop Paul Hwang Cheol-soo of Pusan.
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