AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, DEC 9, 2002 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- His Beatitude Mesrob II (Mutafyan), Armenian patriarch of Istanbul, and an entourage.

- Four prelates from the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (Northeast III) on their "ad limina" visit:

- Bishop Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias of Paulo Afonso.

- Bishop Tommaso Cascianelli, C.P., of Irece.

- Bishop Paulo Romeu Dantas Bastos of Alagoinhas.

- Bishop Jose Rodrigues de Souza, C.SS.R., of Juazeiro.

On Saturday December 7, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- Alejandro Toledo, president of the Republic of Peru, and an entourage.

- Three prelates from the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (Northeast III) on their "ad limina" visit:

- Bishop Jose Edson Santana de Oliveira of Eunapolis.

- Bishop Mario Rino Sivieri of Propria.

- Bishop Luiz Flavio Cappio, O.F.M.Cap., of Barra.

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