Buenos Aires obelisk illuminated with photo of Pope Francisbr br Buenos Aires' obelisk is illuminated with a photo of Argentine Pope Francis accompanied by the phrase "Pray for me" on the eve of his funeral, scheduled to take place in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.br The Catholic Church's first Latin American pope died on Monday, April 21, aged 88, less than a month after his release from hospital where he spent weeks fighting severe pneumonia.