Newsweek reached out to GVPS for comment.In a May 2019 email, President Emerita and Mother Superior of GVPS Sister Mary Berchmans acknowledged that while the Catholic church was "clear in its teachings" concerning same-sex marriages, "it is equally clear in its teaching that we are all children of God, that we each have dignity and are worthy of respect and love."In a documentary released in October 2020, Pope Francis said he was in support of same-sex marriage."What we have to do create is a civil union law," Pope Francis said. "That way they are legally covered."Same-sex marriages became legal in the U.S.