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Nuns attend a mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, to mark Epiphany, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. The Epiphany day, is a joyous day for Catholics in which they recall the journey of the Three Kings, or Magi, to pay homage to Baby Jesus. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Francis leaves Rome's Jesus' Church after celebrating a mass with the Jesuits, on the occasion of the order's titular feast, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

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In this Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 photo, Dionisia Imeli Rosendo, 60, dances during a ceremony honoring Eshu-Elegbara, the deity associated with markets and commerce, and protector of the universe at the Cuatro Caminos market in Havana, Cuba. Cuban followers of the Santeria faith gathered at Havana's most important market to sing ceremonial songs in the Yoruba language and spit rum at a 2-foot-tall statue of Eshu-Elegbara, to give thanks for the year's blessings and ask for prosperity in 2014. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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This May 2012 photo provided by Lynn Enemark shows the Reve. Eric Freed administering First Communion in St. Bernard Catholic Church in Eureka, Calif. Free was found slain New Year's Day in the rectory of the church. A suspect has been arrested who police say was in jail the day before behaving erratically but was released after being evaluated at a hospital. (AP Photo/Lynn Enemark) NO SALES

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Seagulls fly past pope Francis as he arrives for the Angelus noon prayer he celebrates from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Pope Francis announced Sunday that he would travel to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan on May 24-26, his first visit to the Holy Land and one that comes amid a new U.S. push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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A seagull flies past pope Francis as he arrives for the Angelus noon prayer he celebrates from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Pope Francis announced Sunday that he would travel to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan on May 24-26, his first visit to the Holy Land and one that comes amid a new U.S. push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Pope Francis, , framed by the adorned branches of a Christmas tree, delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Pope Francis announced Sunday that he would travel to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan on May 24-26, his first visit to the Holy Land and one that comes amid a new U.S. push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Pope Francis announced Sunday that he would travel to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan on May 24-26, his first visit to the Holy Land and one that comes amid a new U.S. push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)