According to the dogma it’s a promotion. Gathered unto God. However, even within the church there is controversy regarding how heaven is attained by a person, which really comes down to which passages you prioritize and how you interpret them. If we went by the strictest standards, Heaven would be empty (contrast to Hell, which could have up to five-hundred-billion souls, mostly in the Limbo of the Innocents)

Francis himself, asserted only God knows what’s on the other side, and the true nature of divine judgement. And yet no small number of ministers and bishops presume they know what scripture is meant to say.