What is Cardinal Secretary of State?
{{Infobox official post | post = Secretary of State | body = His Holiness | native_name = {{small|''Segretario di Stato di Sua Santità''}} | insignia = Coat of arms of Vatican City (2001–2023).svg | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of the Holy See]] | insigniaalt = | flag = | flagsize = | flagalt = | flagborder = | flagcaption = | image = Cardinal Pietro Parolin par Claude Truong-Ngoc juillet 2021.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | incumbent = [[Pietro Parolin]] | acting = | incumbentsince = 15 October 2013 | department = [[Secretariat of State (Holy See)|Secretariat of State]] | style = [[His Eminence]] | type = [[Head of government]] | status = | abbreviation = | member_of = [[Roman Curia]]<br />[[Council of Cardinal Advisers|Council of Cardinals]] | reports_to = [[Pope|The Pope]] | residence = | seat = | nominator = | appointer = The Pope | appointer_qualified = | termlength = Appointment of a new Pope | termlength_qualified = | constituting_instrument = | precursor = | formation = 20 November 1551 | first = [[Girolamo Dandini (cardinal)|Girolamo Dandini]] | last = | abolished = | succession = | unofficial_names = Cardinal Secretary of State | deputy = | salary = | website = | footnotes = }} The '''Secretary of State of His Holiness''' ({{lang-it|Segretario di Stato di Sua Santità}}), commonly known as the '''Cardinal Secretary of State''', is in charge over the [[Holy See]]'s [[Secretariat of State (Vatican)|Secretariat of State]], which is the oldest and most important [[dicastery]] of the [[Roman Curia]].<ref name='profile'>{{cite web | url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/documents/rc_seg-st_12101998_profile_en.html | title=Profile: The Secretariat of State | access-date=18 April 2007 | publisher=The [[Holy See]] | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/67MSXWBvM?url=http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/documents/rc_seg-st_12101998_profile_en.html | archive-date=2 May 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref> The Secretariat of State is seen as