Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new pontiff is elected.He is Cardinal Kevin Farrell, a Dublin-born cleric who became a naturalized American citizen after spending many years ministering in the United States. Farrell, a former Bishop of Dallas, holds the position of 맥스카지노�camerlengo맥스카지노� (or chamberlain) which tasks him with 맥스카지노�overseeing and administering the temporal goods and rights of the Apostolic See맥스카지노� following the death or resignation of a pope.It is the camerlengo맥스카지노�s job to 맥스카지노�officially ascertain the Pope맥스카지노�s death,맥스카지노� place seals on the pope맥스카지노�s bedroom and study and make funeral preparations. 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In 2023, the pope appointed Farrell as President of the Vatican City state supreme court while naming him president of both the Vatican맥스카지노�s 맥스카지노�Commission for Confidential Matters맥스카지노� and 맥스카지노�Committee for Investments,맥스카지노� the latter designed to guarantee to the ethical nature of the Holy See맥스카지노�s financial investments. Farrell was also chosen to sit on the boards overseeing the Holy See맥스카지노�s property portfolio and the administration of Vatican City State.Born in 1947, he left Ireland as a teenager and joined the Legionaries of Christ, a religious order founded in Mexico in 1941 which would later be plagued by the revelations of abuse by its founder, Marcial Maciel. Farrell, however, left the group decades before Maciel was revealed to have sexually abused dozens of minors.The future cardinal studied in Spain and Rome and then worked in Mexico and the U.S. In 1984 he became a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. and went on to hold senior positions in the capitol맥스카지노�s local church. He would later face questions about what he knew regarding the case of former cardinal and Archbishop of Washington, Theodore McCarrick, found guilty by a church trial of abusing minors and of sexual misconduct against adult trainee priests. Farrell denied any knowledge of McCarrick맥스카지노�s behavior. 맥스카지노�Did I ever know? No. Did I ever suspect? No. Did he ever abuse any seminarian in Washington? 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