The article prints two different statements:
At the top it indicates the Pope as saying “I like to think of hell as crowded.. I hope it’s a reality.”
In the body of the article, it quotes him as saying:
“I just hope there’s no one there”
Not sure which is the real quote.
The tweet was edited by the author, Amy Welborn, for effect.
The real quote is, ““What I am going to say is not a dogma of faith but my own personal view: I like to think of hell as empty; I hope it is.”