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Pope Francis poses with Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron, vice president, and Fr. Michael Fuller, interim general secretary, in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Oct. 11. The conference leaders meet the pope each October and visit Vatican congregations before the U.S. bishops' general meeting in November. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Pope Francis poses with Archbishop José Gomez, president of the U.S. bishops' conference, Archbishop Allen Vigneron, vice president, and Fr. Michael Fuller, interim general secretary, Oct. 11 at the Vatican. (CNS/Vatican Media)