There is no clear frontrunner, and all sorts of names are being thrown around.  Many liberal Catholics are hoping for another liberal pope that will be able to continue the legacy of Francis, while many conservative Catholics are desperate for a conservative pope that will move the Vatican in a very different direction.  Meanwhile, a controversial document that was discovered in the Vatican archives in the sixteenth century known as "the Prophecy of the Popes" is getting a ton of attention on social media.  Many are suggesting that the pope that will soon be elected will actually be the last pope before the return of Christ.

I will try to take this one step at a time.

On Monday, it was being reported that Pope Francis died "of a cerebral stroke and irreversible heart failure"…

Pope Francis died of a cerebral stroke and irreversible heart failure, the Vatican's top doctor said Monday. Francis was 88.

The stroke led to a coma and "irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse," Dr. Andrea Arcangeli, the head of the Vatican's health department, said in a statement reported by multiple news outlets.

Francis died Monday at 7:35 a.m. at the Casa Santa Marta guesthouse at the Vatican where he lived.

Francis is being remembered as a "reformer" that often said very controversial things.

For example, just a few months ago Francis publicly declared that all religions "are paths to God" during a visit to Singapore…

"All religions are paths to God. I will use an analogy, they are like different languages that express the divine," Francis said during a September trip to Singapore. "But God is for everyone, and therefore, we are all God's children."

Francis broke with traditional Catholic teaching in many other areas as well.