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Vatican finances

Committee man: The cardinal at the center of Vatican investments

The 78-year-old Cardinal Kevin Farrell's most interesting jobs aren't the ones you've heard of.

Ed. Condon
Oct 29, 2025
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As Pope Leo continues to settle into his pontificate, many in Rome are still waiting on a slate of major decisions and appointments, some of them holdovers from his predecessor’s time, and some of them anticipated from any new occupant of the see of Peter.

One of the quietly less appreciated but perhaps more significant decisions facing Pope Leo will be …

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