family rights
Pope Francis backs civil unions for gay couples
Pope challenges church orthodoxy but is likely to please Catholic reformers
21 October 2020 - 21:11
Rome — Pope Francis called for civil unions for gay couples, in what would be a significant shift from the Catholic Church’s long-held opposition to same-sex marriages.
“They’re children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it,” Francis says in a new documentary. “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered. I stood up for that.”..
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