Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, one of the four cardinals who have asked Pope Francis to reaffirm Church teaching, has discussed the possibility of a “fraternal correction” of the Pope.

In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Cardinal Brandmüller said that such a correction would probably be made first “in camera caritatis” – an expression meaning “spoken in private”.

Cardinal Brandmüller was speaking after another of the quartet, Cardinal Burke, suggested that the formal correction could take place in the New Year.