"What is needed is a law of civil union", pleaded Pope Francis in a documentary entitled "Francesco" presented at the Rome Film Festival, in which he also believes that homosexual people "have the right to a family ". 

Pope Francis on Wednesday defended the right of gay couples, "children of God", to live in a "civil union" which protects them legally.

"What is needed is a law of civil union", pleaded the Argentine Pope in a documentary entitled "Francesco" presented at the Rome Film Festival, in which he also believes that homosexual people "have the right to a family ".

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