Pope Francis declares support for same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope | America Magazine
Gay couples deserve legal protections for their relationships, Pope Francis said in a new documentary. Also in the film, which premiered in Rome on Oct. 21, less than two weeks before the U.S. presidential election, the pope condemns the Trump administration’s child separation policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, which he calls “cruelty of the highest form.”The filmmaker, Evgeny Afineevsky, included footage of the pope answering a question about the place of L.G.B.T. Catholics in the church. (Subsequently, questions have arisen about whether that footage was from an Mr. Afineevsky’s interview with the pope or archival footage from an earlier interview.) In his answer, Francis reemphasized his belief that L.G.B.T. people should be made to feel welcome in the church.
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