This morning the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- His Eminence Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela;

- Archbishop Fülöp Kocsis of the sui juris Metropolitan Church of Hajdúdorog for Catholics of Byzantine rite, Hungary;

- His Eminence Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia - Città della Pieve, Italy; president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, with the vice-presidents:

  - Bishop Franco Giulio Brambilla of Novara;

  - Bishop Mario Meini of Fiesole;

  - Bishop Antonino Raspanti of Acireale;

    and with the secretary general:

  - Bishop Stefano Russo, emeritus of Fabriano-Matelica.