Faith Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:56:15 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Pope names Cardinal Farrell to serve as chamberlain of the Church /home/international/item/28985-pope-names-cardinal-farrell-to-serve-as-chamberlain-of-the-church /home/international/item/28985-pope-names-cardinal-farrell-to-serve-as-chamberlain-of-the-church VATICAN – Pope Francis has named Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, 71, the prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, to serve as the camerlengo or chamberlain of the Holy Roman Church.]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 14 Feb 2019 11:27:20 -0500 The Church's office of camerlengo now vacant /faith/item/27696-the-church-s-office-of-camerlengo-now-vacant /faith/item/27696-the-church-s-office-of-camerlengo-now-vacant VATICAN – With the July 5 death of Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the office of camerlengo is now vacant. A sensitive position, above all in the period between the death of a pope and the election of his successor, the Church awaits Pope Francis’ nomination of a new camerlengo.
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