This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- Archbishop Stefan Hesse of Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany;

- His Eminence Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, archbishop emeritus of Genoa, Italy;

- Bishop Oswaldo Estéfano Escobar Aguilar, O.C.D., of Chalatenango, El Salvador;

- Archbishop José Horacio Gomez of Los Angeles, United States of America, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, with Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron of Detroit, vice president; and the Reverend Michael J. K. Fuller, secretary general;

- Bishops of Senegal, Mauritius, Capo Verde, and Guinea Bissau, on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit;

- Members of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (P.I.M.E.), on the occasion of the 150^th anniversary of the founding of the journal “Mondo e Missione”.