Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, the retired president of the Pontifical
Council Cor Unum, has voiced his support for the four cardinals who have
submitted dubia seeking clarificaiton of Amoris Laetitia.Cardinal Cordes told the Austrian Catholic news service Kath.net that the cardinals were engaged in an honest effort to eliminate confusion about Church teaching. He voiced his concern that the confusion could hamper the Church’s efforts to promote sacramental marriage.
He also said that he did not understand why some Church officials have reacted angrily to the dubia, and wondered aloud why anyone would be angered by a request for clarification.
Cardinal Cordes suggested that the task of answering questions about the papal document could be handled by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and its prefect, Cardinal Gerhard Müller.