He was the first Latin American pope, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and served as the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State from March 13, 2013, until his death in 2025.

On Sunday, May 4, the Vatican observed its last day of mourning for Pope Francis. On Wednesday, the papal conclave will start choosing the next pope.

But according to a purported prophecy that Benedictine Arnold de Wyon found and published, Francis will be the final Pope and there won’t be a 113th.

This phenomenon is called The Prophecy of the Popes, a Latin mythology that, starting with Celestine II, who was elected pope in 1143, contains 112 brief, enigmatic sentences that are said to foretell popes.

Irish Saint Malachy, a former Archbishop of Armagh who lived in the 12th century, was credited with writing