AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 5 November 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience:

- Francis C. Okeke, the new ambassador of Nigeria to the Holy See, for the presentation of his Letters of Credence.

- John Anthony Gerard McCarthy, the new ambassador of Australia to the Holy See, for the presentation of his Letters of Credence.

- German Cardona Gutierrez, the new ambassador of Colombia to the Holy See, for the presentation of his Letters of Credence.

- Miguel Humberto Diaz, ambassador of the United States of America, accompanied by his wife, on his farewell visit.

On Friday 2 November the Holy Father received in audience Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow, Poland.