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 Cardinals were due to meet on Tuesday to plan Pope Francis' funeral, which leaders from around the world will attend ahead of a conclave next month to elect a new head of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope Francis saw himself as a "globalist," but not in the terms laid out by those who revile "globalism."
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"In terms of legacy, he leaves some very big shoes to fill," journalist John Allen Jr. said Monday about Pope Francis.
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Francis did what he had always done, receiving visitors and meeting people from every walk of life.
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Dust off the history books and there are papal conclaves with international intrigue, royal rigging and even riots, a checkered past that belies the air of sanctity and solemnity surrounding modern papal elections.
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