What’s a “dubia”? Is that related to dubious?
dubium, latin for “doubt,” dubia plural. the process in the Church whereby specific doctrinal questions are clarified, usually by a Yes or No answer. the questions usually come from a bishop to the vatican. in this case, the pope displays a likely disapproval by denying a response, instead of the usual response of handing it to CDF. The contentious nature of some of the dubia is the presumed reason for the pope’s silence.
In Churchtalk it means a type of question that can be answered “Yes” or “No” to remove all ambiguities or “doubts” (dubia) about a teaching. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith usually answers these. The fact that Pope Francis has neither answered nor permitted the CDF to give an official answer, is really dereliction of duty on his part. Answering doctrinal questions is his JOB.