This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, titular of Benevento, apostolic nuncio in Iraq;

- Archbishop Mark Gerard Miles, titular of Città Ducale, apostolic nuncio in Benin and Togo;

- Members of the Presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM);

- Bishop Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez of San Cristóbal de Venezuela, Venezuela;

- His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Mathews III, Catholicos of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, and entourage;

- Archbishop Luigi Roberto Cona, titular of Sala Consilina, apostolic nuncio in El Salvador;

- The Reverend José Pedro Manglano Castellary, president of the Hakuna private Association of the faithful, Madrid;

- Members of the National Association of Mutilated and Invalid Workers (ANMIL).