Editing Vatican City (section)

==== Sede vacante ====
The [[Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church|Cardinal Camerlengo]] presides over the [[Apostolic Camera]], to which is entrusted the administration of the property and protection of other [[temporal power (papal)|papal temporal powers and rights]] of the Holy See during the period of the empty throne or [[sede vacante]] (papal vacancy).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Visceglia |first=Maria Antonietta |title=Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires |date=1 January 2011 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=9789004206236 |pages=237–264 |chapter=The Pope's Household And Court In The Early Modern Age |doi=10.1163/ej.9789004206229.i-444.57 |access-date=24 February 2023 |chapter-url=https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004206236/Bej.9789004206229.i-444_012.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224233528/https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004206236/Bej.9789004206229.i-444_012.xml |archive-date=24 February 2023 |url-status=live |doi-access=free}}</ref> Those of the Vatican State remain under the control of the [[Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State]]. Acting with three other cardinals chosen by lot every three days, one from each order of cardinals ([[cardinal bishop]], [[cardinal priest]], and [[cardinal deacon]]), he in a sense performs during that period the functions of head of state of Vatican City.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Universi Dominici Gregis (February 22, 1996) {{!}} John Paul II |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122152903/https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis.html |archive-date=22 November 2019 |access-date=14 December 2022 |website=The Holy See}}</ref> All the decisions these four cardinals take must be approved by the [[College of Cardinals]] as a whole.