The objective of this service, pursued by each of the Bodies for the forum of its own competence, is that of the mission proper to the Church: to announce and inaugurate the Kingdom of God and to work, through the order of justice applied with canonical equity, for the salvation of souls, which in the Church is always the supreme law. Apostolic Penitentiary The Apostolic Penitentiary, more formally the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary, is one of the three tribunals of the Roman Curia. The Apostolic Penitentiary is responsible for issues relating to the forgiveness of sins in the Roman Catholic Church. The Apostolic Penitentiary has jurisdiction only over matters in the internal forum. Its work falls mainly into these categories: the absolution of excommunications latæ sententiæ reserved to the Holy See, the dispensation of sacramental impediments reserved to the Holy See, and the issuance and governance of indulgences. The current Major Penitentiary is Mauro Cardinal Piacenza. Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura The Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura is the highest judicial authority in the Roman Catholic Church besides the Pope himself, who is the supreme ecclesiastical judge. In addition, it is an administrative office for matters pertaining to the judicial activity of the whole church. Appeals in standard judicial processes, if appealed to the Apostolic See, normally are not handled by the Signatura. Those go to the Roman Rota, which is the ordinary appellate tribunal of the Apostolic See. The Supreme Tribunal handles some of the more specialized kinds of cases, including the following: complaints of nullity and requests for restitutio in integrum against judgments of the Roman Rota; appeals, in cases concerning the status of persons, against the refusal of a new examination of the case decided by the Roman Rota; exceptions of suspicion and other cases against judges of the Roman Rota for acts performed in the exercise of their office; and conflicts of jurisdiction between tribunals, which do not depend on the same Appellate Court. Although a Rotal decision can be appealed, if not res judicata, to a different panel (turnus) of the Rota, there is no right of appeal from a decision of the Signatura, although a complaint of nullity on formal grounds is possible. As an administrative office, it exercises jurisdiction (vigilance) over all the tribunals of the Roman Catholic Church. It can also extend the jurisdiction of tribunals, grant dispensations