Pope Francis Comes Out in Support of Civil Unions for Same-Sex Couples
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🗓️ 22 October 2020
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| 0:50.1 | Music very from k QED from k QED from KQED public radio in san francisco i'm michael kresny in an interview for a documentary released yesterday, Pope Francis said he favors civil unions for same-sex couples, a step toward more inclusion for LGBTQ people in the Catholic Church. |
| 1:03.0 | We'll talk to Jesuit priest and LGBTQ advocate, Father James Martin, about the significance of the Pope's statements. |
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| 1:35.1 | Welcome to this morning's forum. I'm Michael Krasny. In a new documentary released yesterday titled |
| 1:42.8 | Francesco, Pope Francis expressed his support for same-sex civil unions for the first time as Pope. |
| 1:49.3 | Specifically, he said, and I quote, homosexual people have the right to be in a family. |
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