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According to tradition, the camerlengo certifies the pope’s death, seals the papal apartment and breaks the pope’s fisherman’s ring, as a symbol of a vacancy at the Holy See. He leads the ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Kevin Farrell remembers the day Pope Francis asked him to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy See after the death of one pope and before the ...