AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, 9 JAN 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

 - Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education.

 - Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops.

 - Gabor Erdody, ambassador of Hungary, on his farewell visit.

 - Geoffrey Kenyon Ward, ambassador of New Zealand, on his farewell visit.

 - Vera Barrouin Machado, ambassador of Brazil, on her farewell visit.

 - Giovanni Maria Flick, president of the Italian Constitutional Court, accompanied by his family.
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