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Pope Francis says homosexuals should be covered by civil union laws

Pope Francis wearing a face mask attends an inter-religious prayer service for peace along with other religious representatives in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, a church on top of Rome's Capitoline Hill, in Rome, Italy, October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Pope Francis says in a film released on Wednesday that homosexuals should be protected by civil union laws, in some of the clearest languages he has used on the rights of gay people.

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