Today the Holy Father received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops;

- Participants in the General Chapter of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus;

- Prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit:

His Eminence Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, archbishop of Managua, with the auxiliary bishop:

H.E. Msgr. Silvio José Báez Ortega, titular bishop of Zica

H.E. Msgr. Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, bishop of Estelí

H.E. Msgr. Jorge Solórzano Pérez, bishop of Granada

H.E. Msgr. Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, bishop of Jinotega

H.E. Msgr. Sócrates René Séndigo Jirón, bishop of Juigalpa

H.E. Msgr. César Bosco Vivas Robelo, bishop of León

H.E. Msgr. Rolando José Álvarez Lagos, bishop of Matagalpa

H.E. Msgr. Paul Ervin Schmitz Simon, titular bishop of Elepla, apostolic vicar of Bluefields

with the auxiliary bishop:

H.E. Msgr. David Albin Zywiec Sidor, titular bishop of Giru di Marcello.