It all started when an aged warlock referred to as Kasperus Insanus persuaded him to keep a General Synod on the topic of Death. After a heated synod, the pope made an Apostolic Exhortation A Morte Laetitia ("Happiness from Death"), which ignored the conclusions of the synod and expressed his individual view ("no") even though it was subtly buried in a footnote that could be interpreted in many various means.