By: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter—In an unprecedented move, Pope Francis recently expressed support of civil unions for same-sex couples, according to the Catholic News Agency.The Pope’s comments, first heard in “Francesco,” a documentary produced by filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky, are a historic move for the Catholic Church.
The documentary premiered at the Rome Film Festival last month.“Homosexual people have a right to be in a family,” the Pope said in the documentary as reported by the Catholic News Agency. “They’re children of God and have a right to a family.