Pope Francis chose to begin the first day of his papacy with a visit to a Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica - for private prayer.<br /><br />Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, was elected by a conclave of Roman Catholic cardinals on March 13. He succeeds Benedict, who resigned last month.<br /><br />Bergoglio is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Latin America is home to 42 percent of the world's Catholics.<br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
