Pope Francis I First Day As New Pontiff

ROME, ITALY – MARCH 14: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY AND STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL OR MERCHANDISING USAGE – BOOKS OUT, BROADCAST OUT, All image rights and copyrights reserved to the photographic Service of L’Osservatore Romano. IMAGE IS NOT LICENSED FOR USAGE BEYOND 60 DAYS OF CREATE DATE) Jorge Mario Bergoglio prays the Virgin Mary during his first private Mass as Pope Francis in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on March 14, 2013 in Rome, Italy. A day after thousands gathered in St Peter’s Square to watch the announcement of the first ever Latin American Pontiff it has been announced that Pope Francis’ inauguration mass will be held on March 19, 2013 in Vatican City. (Photo by Servizio Fotografico L’Osservatore Romano via Getty Images)

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