The Vatican is walking back remarks made by Pope Francis in a documentary where he called for civil union laws to protect same-sex couples.
Claiming the Pope’s remarks were taken out of context and edited inaccurately, the Vatican says the Pope’s remarks about gay people having a “right to a family” only meant acceptance by their own families, The Hill reports, not a right to form families, and not a right to marriage.
Archbishop Franco Coppolo offered “some helpful points” to religious leaders. In an explanatory note posted to Facebook he insists the Pope was not calling for change within the Catholic Church, the Catholic News Agency (CNA) reports. “The note said that in the first quote, the pope was referring to the right of homosexuals