A letter sent to the world’s cardinals, asking then to make a formal appeal to Pope Francis over Amoris Laetitia, has been published online.

The letter, signed by 45 theologians and priests, identifies what it describes as errors which a reader could mistakenly draw from the recent apostolic exhortation.

The letter has been published in full on the website of The Australian by the journalist Tess Livingston, a biographer of Cardinal George Pell.

The text does not accuse the Pope of falling into error. Instead, the signatories say that Francis could clear up confusion by issuing a condemnation of the errors.