in a private letter hand-delivered on 6 may 2017 to pope francis, carlo caffarra, on behalf of the four cardinals, asked for a papal audience. caffarra stated that "interpretations of some objectively ambiguous passages" of "amoris laetitia" have been given that are "not divergent from, but contrary to, the permanent magisterium of the church". in june, having not yet received a response from pope francis, the cardinals made the letter public.