Five cardinals sent a set of questions known as dubia to Pope Francis to express their concerns and seek clarification on points of doctrine and discipline ahead of the opening of the Synod on ...

The publication of a new set of questions addressed to Pope Francis by five longtime cardinals has once again turned the focus of Catholics to the place of “dubia” in the life of the Church.

(RNS) — Traditionalists don't like Pope Francis because he is the first truly post-Counter-Reformation pope, with perhaps the exception of John XXIII. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Catholic ...

No one knows for sure why Pope Francis chose to publish his responses to the dubia presented by five intransigent cardinals. My first thought was: Don't swing at pitches in the dirt. And ...

and the danger is that they give it to it.” The word dubia — plural for a dubium — literally means, from the Latin, “doubts.” But another way of translating it is to see the word meaning ...

The cardinals said they submitted five questions, called “dubia,” on Aug. 21 requesting clarity on topics relating to doctrinal development, the blessing of same-sex unions, the authority of ...

In December, in a letter directed to Pope Francis and the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, four cardinals cited dubia (literally, “doubts”) or questions about the ...

In July 2023, the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, received “dubia” from five Cardinals, to which he responded subsequently. On Monday, October 2, 2023, Pope Francis's response to ...

The dubia came as tensions over the Synod on Synodality, which ends this week, were mounting. “I consider the dubia a great work that will go down in history as a heroic act,” said Bishop ...

All of this was on display when five cardinals, all retired, addressed five questions or "dubia" to Francis about the Synod on Synodality going on this month in Rome. The five, who included U.S ...