Cardinal Kevin Farrell became the acting head of the Vatican after Pope Francis’s death on Monday. Farrell is the camerlengo of the Catholic Church, acting as a personal appointee of the pope and carrying out “a specific series of functions in the crucial time of transition from one pope to his successor.

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