Constitution
The Pope appoints the auditors of the Rota and designates one of them the dean. On Saturday, September 22, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation (for reasons of age) of the Most Rev. Bishop Antoni Stankiewicz, and appointed the Rev. Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto, until then serving as a prelate Auditor of the Court of first instance, as the next Dean. The Rota issues its decrees and sentences in Latin. The Rota adjudicates cases in a panel (called a Turnus) of three auditors, or more, depending on the complexity of the matter, assigned by the Dean of the Tribunal, though sometimes a larger number of auditors are assigned to a particular case. The auditors of the Rota are selected from among recognized ecclesiastical judges serving various Dioceses around the world.
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