AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, 14 DEC 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

 - Five prelates from the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Cardinal Kazimierz Swiatek, archbishop emeritus of Minsk-Mohilev and apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Pinsk, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Kazimierz Wielikosielec.

    - Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Antoni Dziemianko.

    - Bishop Aleksander Kaszkiewicz of Grodno.

 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former German foreign minister.

 - Bishop Jean Laffitte, secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family, accompanied by members of his family.

 - Bishop Mario Toso S.D.B., secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, accompanied by members of his family.

 - Bishop Giovanni D'Ercole F.D.P., auxiliary of L'Aquila, Italy accompanied by members of his family.

  On Saturday 12 December he received in separate audiences:

 - Cardinal Vinko Puljic, archbishop of Vrhbosna-Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 - Archbishop Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany.

 - Archbishop Giacinto Berloco, apostolic nuncio to Belgium and Luxemburg.

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