The Economist Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.
I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
For nearly 20 years, there's been a wave of disappearances in Mexico.
But the discovery of a sight strewn with shoes and bones is a shock even to a country accustomed to mysterious vanishings.
And cinema operators would in general like to see more of the teenage visitors who would have recently been drifting away.
What they don't want to see is what's happening at showings of the new Minecraft movie.
A bunch of kids absolutely going berserk.
First up, though.
For the first time in 12 years,
the Roman Catholic Church is without a leader, following the death of Pope Francis.
In Rome, bells tolled and mourners prayed.
Within the Vatican itself, there will be sorrow mingled with anticipation.
Roman Catholics from many parts of the world, particularly perhaps from Latin America,
will be hastening to Rome with a view to attending the funeral.
The members of his College of Cardinals, his body of advisors, they too will be hastening to Rome.
Those of them under the age of 80 have the task of selecting the new Pope and that could change the entire direction of the Catholic Church.
And in your experience, Is the selection of a new pope always a sort of marking of a new era?
Does it always seem like a turbulent time or does this time in particular feel
like it's an important time for the church?