A nun reacts after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday.

A woman prays inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. White smoke billowed from the chimney.

People pray inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday.

A man prays beside a statue of Jesus Christ after attending a Mass inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday.

Flavio Scherer, brother of Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, and his wife, Terezina Scherer, left, react as white smoke rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, as they watch a live transmission from their house in Toledo, Brazil, on Wednesday.

A faithful prays at the Toledo's Cathedral, where Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer worked as a priest in Toledo, Brazil, on Wednesday.

Faithful are seen at the Toledo's Cathedral, where Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer worked as a priest in Toledo, Brazil, on Wednesday.

People react as Pope Francis speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday.

A woman holds up a rosary at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday. Buenos Aires' Archbishop and Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was named pope on Wednesday, making him the first pope ever from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium.

Faithful hold up a sign with the writing in Italian reading "Hail to the Pope" after the election of Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday.

People react after white smoke billowed from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday.

Pope Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina is viewed on television by people Wednesday at the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle in San Juan, Texas.

Faithful wave an Argentine flag in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday.

Ramiro Montes, on ladder, hangs bunting of gold and white before a welcome mass is celebrated for the new pope at the Cathedral Of Our Lady Of The Angels on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Faithful hold up an Argentine flag and sing outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday.

Women react after hearing on the speakers at the Metropolitan Cathedral that Buenos Aires' Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio was chosen as Pope in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday.

Paola La Rocca celebrates after hearing on the speakers at the Metropolitan Cathedral that Buenos Aires' Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio was chosen as Pope in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday.

Shelley Guadeloupe, center, from Puerto Rico, reacts with a silent prayer as she weeps following the announcement of a new Pope on Wednesday as the Catholic faithfull gather at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.

People sing waving Argentine and Vatican flags outside the Metropolitan Cathedral to celebrate that the newly elected pope is Jorge Bergoglio, Buenos Aires' former archbishop, in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday.