I like to think of hell as empty. I hope it is.” Rating: Correct Attribution (About this rating?) Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, died on April 21, 2025. Soon after the announcement of his death,

Most of the funeral will be celebrated in Latin, and there will be incense and hymns and Gregorian chants. Attended by dozens of heads of state, monarchs and other dignitaries, it will be, in any case, a spectacle. And at the center of it all will be Francis’ simple coffin, on the esplanade of St. Peter’s Basilica.

With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within days to elect a new head of the Catholic Church.