7 ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁conserv ative ▁cler gy , ▁academ ics ▁and ▁lay men ▁signed ▁a ▁document ▁l abeled ▁as ▁a ▁" Fil ial ▁Cor re ction " ▁of ▁Pope ▁Francis . ▁The ▁ 2 5 - page ▁document , ▁which ▁was ▁made ▁public ▁in ▁September ▁after ▁it ▁received ▁no ▁reply , ▁critic ized ▁the ▁Pope ▁for ▁prom oting ▁what ▁it ▁described ▁as ▁seven ▁her et ical ▁propos itions ▁through ▁various ▁words , ▁actions ▁and ▁om issions ▁during ▁his ▁pont ificate . ▁Cap uch in ▁Father ▁Thomas ▁Wein andy , ▁ex - do ctrine ▁chief ▁of ▁US ▁B ish ops , ▁wrote ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁Pope ▁Francis ▁on ▁ 3 1 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁which ▁he ▁subsequently ▁made ▁public , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁charged ▁that ▁Pope ▁Francis ▁is ▁fost ering ▁" chron ic ▁confusion ", ▁" de mean ing " ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁doctrine , ▁appoint ing ▁b ish ops ▁who ▁" sc andal ize " ▁bel ie vers ▁with ▁dub ious ▁" te aching ▁and ▁past oral ▁practice ", ▁giving ▁pre l ates ▁who ▁object ▁the ▁impression ▁they ▁will ▁be ▁" m arg inal ized ▁or ▁worse " ▁if ▁they ▁speak ▁out , ▁and ▁causing ▁faithful ▁C athol ics ▁to ▁" lose ▁confidence ▁in ▁their ▁supre me ▁she ph erd ". ▁ ▁App e al ▁against ▁the ▁changes ▁on ▁the ▁death ▁penalty ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁an ▁appeal ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁the ▁card inals ▁of ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁by ▁ 4 5 ▁persons ,