This morning, the Holy Father Francis received in audience:

- Bishop Timothy Broglio, military ordinary for the United States of America, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, with Archbishop William Edward Lori of Baltimore, vice president; the Reverend Michael J. K. Fuller, secretary general; and Paul B.R. Hartmann, adjunct secretary general;

- Archbishop Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez of Santiago de Guatemala, Guatemala;

- Superiors and delegates of the Descalced Carmelites;

- Bishops of Apulia, on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit.