Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis' death on Monday morning, will serve as the interim manager of the Vatican until a new pope is elected, according to ...

On a flight back from World Youth Day 2019, Pope Francis casually asked Cardinal Kevin Farrell to take on a role steeped in Vatican tradition: camerlengo. This position, also known as chamberlain, ...

Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell assumed the role of acting head of the Catholic Church on April 21 following the announcement of the death of Pope Francis. The former bishop of Dallas announced the ...

The doors of Pope Francis’s rooms were sealed with a single red ribbon and molten wax in a solemn ceremony hours after his death. The traditional formalities took place on Monday night in Casa Santa ...

An Irish-born American cardinal is playing a pivotal role at the Vatican during the transition between popes. Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who has ties to the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, was ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the senior Vatican official who announced Pope Francis’ death on Monday morning, will serve as head of the Catholic Church until a new pope is elected, according to the Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pope and before the election ...