Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Catholic Church, spent most of his career in the U.S. before being called to ...

After announcing that the pope had "returned to the home of the Father", Irish-American Cardinal Kevin Farrell took on one of ...

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

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

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

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

Cardinal Farrell, who holds the position of cardinal chamberlain, or camerlengo in Italian, will run the Holy See’s affairs until a new pope is chosen.

The lights of the Eiffel Tower in Paris were extinguished on Monday, 21 April, as part of a tribute to the late Pope Francis.

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

The death of Pope Francis has resulted in a cardinal from the United States becoming the acting head of Vatican till a new ...

The Vatican has shared a video of Dublin-native Camerlengo Kevin Farrell presiding over rites following the death of Pope Francis on Monday.