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What is the official Catholic position on same-sex marriage and same-sex civil partnerships?

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The reason I ask is because a documentary of Pope Francis' papacy was shown at the Rome Film Festival on October 21st. Some of the newspaper headlines I've seen seem rather inflammatory and so I am trying to get an official view on this subject. This is a quote from the U.K. Daily Telegraph attributed to Pope Francis regarding the documentary (Francesco) that was shown: >"Homosexual people have a right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it. What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered. I stand up for that." What the newspaper article failed to say was when the Pope made this comment. When Pope Francis was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires he apparently opposed gay marriage but endorsed legal protection for the rights of gay people. Is the above quote related to this period of time? It seems that Pope Francis gave approval to two gay men who have adopted three children to bring them up as Catholics (this in relation to the section of the film about Andrea Rubera and his partner Dario De Gregorio). The newspaper article made this comment: >The endorsement of same-sex unions will have a huge impact in Africa, Asia and Latin America It also pointed out that in some of those countries it can be a crime to engage in homosexual activities. What is the official view of this documentary film about the papacy of Pope Francis in relation to the approval (or otherwise) of same-sex marriage and same-sex civil partnerships? EDIT:This link is relevant: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis#LGBT Update: See this recent Vatican statement (link provided by GratefulDisciple): https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/world/vatican-moves-to-clarify-popes-comments-on-civil-union-laws-515948/ I apologise for still being unable to copy and paste these links properly.
Asked by Lesley (34714 rep)
Oct 22, 2020, 04:30 PM
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