AUDIENCES

Saturday Nov. 7:

Lucas Cardinal Moreira Neves, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

Monday, Nov. 9: Jorge Arturo Cardinal Medina Estevez, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments.

Tuesday, Nov. 10:

Archbishop Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature.

Wednesday, Nov. 11:

Archbishop Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and Msgr. Diarmuid Martin, secretary of the same council.

Thursday, Nov. 12:

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

Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, archbishop of Montreal, president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Canada, accompanied by Bishop Gerald Wiesner of Prince George, vice-president, and secretaries Fr. Emilius Goulet PSS, and Msgr. Peter Scholnenbach PH

Friday, Nov. 13:

Carlos Saul Menem, president of the Republic of Argentina, accompanied by his entourage.

Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Monday, Nov. 9:

Approved the election of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, as vice-dean of the College of Cardinals. The election was held by the cardinals of the Order of Bishops on Nov. 6.

Tuesday, Nov. 10:

Appointed Msgr. Thomas Yeh Sheng-Nan, councilor of the apostolic nunciature in London, as apostolic nuncio in Sri Lanka, elevating him to the dignity of archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Kaohsiung, China, in 1941, was ordained a priest in 1971.

Wednesday, Nov. 11:

Appointed Bishop Jose Vieira de Lima TOR of Maraba, as bishop of Sao Luis de Caceres, Brazil.

Thursday, Nov. 12:

Appointed Bishop Anthony O'Connell of Knoxville, as bishop of Palm Beach