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Pope Francis, in Shift for Church, Voices Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions The comments, shown in a new documentary, are the strongest yet from a pontificate that has taken a more tolerant and inclusive tone. Pope Francis arriving for the weekly general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday. Credit... Angelo Carconi/EPA, via Shutterstock ROME — Pope Francis expressed support for same-sex civil unions in remarks revealed in a documentary film that premiered on Wednesday, a significant break from his predecessors that staked out new ground for the church in its recognition of gay people. The remarks, coming from the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, had the potential to shift debates about the legal status of same-sex couples in nations around the globe and unsettle bishops worried that the unions threaten what the church considers traditional marriage — between one man and one woman. “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered,” Francis said in the...