Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, will serve as the ...

The camerlengo will oversee the transition into the new papacy, including preparing the conclave that will select the next ...

Farrell spent nearly 10 years in Dallas, beginning in 2007, serving as the spiritual leader of the area’s Catholics.

Who is Cardinal Kevin Farrell? The acting head of the Vatican who will orchestrate Pope Francis’s successor - Cardinal Kevin ...

Here are five interesting facts about Cardinal Kevin Farrell, camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber who will organize a ...

Cardinal Farrell, who holds the position of cardinal chamberlain, or camerlengo in Italian, will run the Holy See’s affairs ...

The 77-year-old Irish-born priest is currently serving as camerlengo, a position which makes him acting head of the Holy See.

He is key to ensuring that the papal succession occurs in an orderly manner. He is responsible for the practical aspects of ...

The former bishop of Dallas has assumed the role of the acting head of the Catholic Church following the death of Pope ...

Who leads the Church and the Vatican when its head cannot perform his duties or dies? Such a person has already been chosen.

When the world learned of Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, a cardinal with longstanding ties to the US was the one to ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell became the acting head of the Vatican after Pope Francis’s death on Monday. Farrell is the camerlengo ...