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OAS Secretary General to Attend First Mass of Pope Francis in Saint Peter’s Square

  March 18, 2013

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today travelled to Rome to attend the first Mass in Saint Peter’s Square to be held by Pope Francis on Tuesday.

The ceremony, which some 150 Heads of State and Government are expected to attend, is considered the official inauguration of the pontificate of the Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first Latin American Pope in history.

For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.

Reference: E-097/13