AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, FEB 21, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences five bishops from the Spanish Episcopal conference on their "ad limina" visit:

- Archbishop Lluis Martinez Sistach of Barcelona, accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Joan Carrera Planas.

- Bishop Josep Angel Saiz Meneses of Terrassa.

- Bishop Agustin Cortes Soriano of Sant Feliu de Llobregat.

- Bishop Jaume Pujol Balcells of Tarragona.

On Saturday, February 19, it was made public that he received in separate audiences:

- His Beatitude Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Iraq.

- Bishop Renato Corti of Novara, Italy, preacher of the Roman Curia's spiritual exercises.
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