AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, OCT 1, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

 - Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum."

 - Benjamin Mkapa, president of the Republic of Tanzania, accompanied by his wife and an entourage.

 - Five prelates from the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate, on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Bishop Jose Luis Amezcua Melgoza of Colima.

    - Bishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago of Leon.

    - Bishop Benjamin Castillo Plascencia of Tabasco.

    - Bishop Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cardenas L.C., prelate of Cancun-Chetumal, accompanied by Bishop Jorge Bernal Vargas L.C., prelate emeritus of the same territorial prelature.

 - Archbishop Michael A. Blume S.V.D., apostolic nuncio to Benin and Togo, accompanied by members of his family.

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