Meet the Irish-American Camerlengo and Italian dean who are in charge of administering the Church during this interim period.

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

Cardinal Kevin Farrell was asked in 2019 by Pope Francis to take on the role managing the Vatican during the ‘interregnum’ ...

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

New paths and processes However, Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, likely would not have wanted the concept of “first ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell discusses the unexpected phone call from Pope Francis that led him to become the Vatican camerlengo, a role he hoped never to fulfill. From his beginnings in Dublin and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...