VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Five conservative cardinals urged Pope Francis to reaffirm traditional Catholic doctrine in a document made public Monday, two days before a major gathering on the Church's future.
The cardinals, from four different continents, asked questions of the pontiff about the blessing of same-sex couples, the ordination of women and the conditions surrounding confession and absolution, according to the document seen by AFP.
Unsatisfied with this response, the five reformulated their questions -- entitled"Doubts" -- and published an open letter to Catholics, according to two specialist Vatican blogs that first revealed the existence of the cardinals' questions. The five cardinals are Walter Brandmuller of Germany, Raymond Burke of the United States, Sandoval Iniguez of Mexico, Robert Sarah of Guinea and Joseph Zen of Hong Kong.
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