Cardinal Farrell

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Pope Francis embraces new cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell of the US during a Consistory ceremony to install 17 new cardinals in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday. Photograph: Reuters
Pope appoints new Cardinals in spectacular ‘Red Hat’ ceremony

The issue of immigration underpinned Saturday morning’s traditionally solemn yet spectacular “Red Hat” ceremony in the Basilica of St. Peter’s, where (...)

Cardinal-designate: Pope Francis and Kevin Farrell. Photograph courtesy of the diocese of Dallas
‘The pope is on the phone,’ she said. ‘Like hell, he is,’ I replied

He thought the phone call was a practical joke. Kevin Farrell, a former bishop of Dallas, was in his office one morning, a couple of months ago, when(...)