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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis often has expressed openness to the idea of laws recognizing civil unions, including for gay couples, to protect their rights.
A same-sex couple is pictured in a file photo exchanging rings during a ceremony in Salt Lake City. In a new documentary, Pope Francis expressed openness to the idea of laws recognizing civil unions, including for gay couples, to protect their rights.(CNS photo by Jim Urquhar, Reuters)
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is encouraging people of faith to take part in an election novena beginning Oct. 26 and ending Nov. 3, Election Day.
A man in Orlando, Fla., casts his mail-in ballot Oct. 19, 2020, as early voting begins ahead of the November election. (CNS photo by Octavio Jones, Reuters)
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The Oct. 12 start of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett had two distinct focuses.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, is sworn in during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington Oct. 12, 2020. (CNS photo by Shawn Thew/Pool via Reuters)
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LGBTQ demonstrators in New York City hold a pride flag June 28, 2020. News reports Oct. 21, 2020, claimed Pope Francis expressed support for same-sex marriage in the documentary "Franceso," but a Catholic News Service story said his brief remark in the film reiterated what he has said before, that "marriage is only between a man and a woman" and civil union laws "could provide legal protection" for same-sex couples. (CNS photo by Eduardo Munoz, Reuters)
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, speaks Oct. 13, 2020, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington during her confirmation hearing. (CNS photo by Drew Angerer, Pool via Ruerters)
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Children are seen at the conclusion of Pope Francis' general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Oct. 21, 2020. (CNS photo by Paul Haring)
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks to members of a plumbers' union in Erie, Pa., Oct. 10, 2020. (CNS photo by Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)
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Pope Francis meets with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, during a private meeting at the Vatican Oct. 19, 2020. (CNS photo by Vatican Media)
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Grieving family members hold a mock funeral in the Brooklyn borough of New York City Oct. 18, 2020, to protest Gov. Andrew Cuomo's coronavirus restrictions that they say led to the deaths of their loved ones in nursing homes. (CNS photo by Jeenah Moon, Reuters)
Oct 19, 2020
