(SS) Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary “Francesco,” which had its premiere at the Rome Film Festival on Wednesday.

(AP) The most senior Vatican cleric to ever be charged in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal returned to Australia on Monday to stand trial in his home state on charges alleging he sexually assaulted multiple people years ago.

As a recovering "Cathaolic" and more precisely as a proud practicing atheist, I find myself in uncharted territory.  

(AP) Pope Francis has voiced support for Mexican bishops and citizens opposing the government's push to legalize same-sex marriage.

Pope Francis doesn’t want children learning gender is a choice.

Transgender, non-binary people and their “utopia of the neutral” will make people infertile, Pope Francis claims.

The pope has officially endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time since becoming pontiff.

(EDGE) The Catholic Church took a step further away from equality Monday when Pope Francis, during an interview with French Catholic Newspaper La Croix, said Catholic public officials should not be obliged to officiate same-sex marriages or civil unions, Thai independent newspaper The Nation reports.

(CNN) Pope Francis reaffirmed his disagreement with teaching gender identity in schools on Sunday, after earlier calling it a "war against marriage."

(AP) Pope Francis says gays - and all the other people the church has marginalized, such as the poor and the exploited - deserve an apology.

(WM) The Vatican says Pope Francis’ comments on same-sex civil unions were taken out of context in a documentary that spliced together parts of an old interview, but still confirmed Francis’ belief that gay couples should enjoy legal protections.