This morning the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- H.E. Msgr. Franco Coppola, titular archbishop of Vinda, apostolic nuncio in Mexico;

- H.E. Msgr. Rogelio Cabrera López, archbishop of Monterrey, Mexico, president of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico, with:

H.E. Msgr. Carlos Garfias Merlos, archbishop of Morelia, vice president;

H.E. Msgr. Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola, titular bishop of Idicra, auxiliary of Monterrey, secretary general;

H.E. Msgr. Ramón Castro Castro, bishop of Cuernavaca, general treasurer;

- Prelates of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Kazakhstan, on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit:

H.E. Msgr. Thomash Bernard Peta, archbishop of Mary Most Holy in Astana with the auxiliary bishop:

H.E. Msgr. Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C., titular bishop of Celerina;

H.E. Msgr. Adelio Dell’Oro, bishop of Karaganda;

H.E. Msgr. José Luis Mumbiela Sierra, bishop of the Most Holy Trinity in Almaty;

Rev. Dariusz Buras, apostolic administrator of Atyrau;

Rev. Fr. Anthony James Corcoran, S.J., apostolic administrator of Kyrgyzstan;

Rev. Fr. Ramiro López, of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, superior of the “sui iuris” Mission of Tajikistan;

H.E. Msgr. Jerzy Maculewicz, O.F.M. Conv., titular bishop of Nara, apostolic administrator of Uzbekistan;

Rev. Fr. Andrzej Madej, O.M.I., superior of the “sui iuris” Mission of Turkmenistan;

Rev. Vasyl Hovera, delegate of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches for the Greek Catholics of Central Asia.