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Pope Francis speaks with Valentina Alazraki of the Mexican television station Televisa during an interview that aired in May 2019. Clips, apparently cut from the interview and showing Pope Francis talking about “civil unions,” is used in the documentary "Francesco" by Evgeny Afineevsky.

Transcript shows pope's distinction between gay marriage, civil unions

VATICAN CITY -- When Pope Francis said gay people have a right to be in a family and that gay couples needed some form of civil law to protect their rights, he was not saying that gay couples should have a right to adopt children.

    Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 25, 2020. The pope at the Angelus announced that he will create 13 new cardinals at a Nov. 28 consistory.

    Pope Francis announces new cardinals

    VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis announced he will create 13 new cardinals Nov. 28, including Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Washington.

    • By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
      Rosary CD aims to lead people to healing, peace

      Rosary CD aims to lead people to healing, peace

      Over the past year, musician and composer Maryana Erzinger has been on a creative spiritual journey she hopes will inspire the world through song.

      • By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register
        Pope Francis speaks with Valentina Alazraki of the Mexican television station Televisa during an interview that aired in May 2019. A clip, apparently cut from the interview and shows Pope Francis talking about “civil unions,” is used in the documentary "Francesco" by Evgeny Afineevsky.

        Questions continue around film's use of Pope Francis' quote on civil unions

        VATICAN CITY -- While there is no doubt that Pope Francis said civil laws should protect the rights of gay couples, some mystery shrouds the context in which he said it and the way it is used in a new film.

        • By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
          Women are pictured in a file photo praying on All Souls' Day, Nov. 2, at a cemetery in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic response measures restrict most gatherings, the Vatican has extended the usual plenary indulgence to souls in purgatory from just the first week in November to include the entire month.

          Vatican extends time to obtain full indulgences for souls in purgatory

          VATICAN CITY -- Plenary or full indulgences traditionally obtained during the first week of November for the souls of the faithful in purgatory can now be gained throughout the entire month of November, the Vatican said.

            A well-wisher is pictured in a file photo kissing the ring of Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin following his episcopal ordination at St. Ignatius Cathedral in Shanghai. The Vatican and China have agreed to extend provisional agreement signed two years ago regarding the appointment of bishops.

            Vatican extends provisional agreement with China on naming bishops

            VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican and the Chinese government will extend an agreement signed in 2018 regarding the appointment of bishops.

            • By Catholic News Service
              A poster for the new film, "Francesco," by documentary filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky, shows Pope Francis walking in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

              Pope Francis calls for civil unions for same-sex couples in documentary

              VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis often has expressed openness to the idea of laws recognizing civil unions, including for gay couples, to protect their rights.

              • By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
                Cardinal Angelo Becciu speaks with journalists during a news conference in Rome Sept. 25 after being asked by Pope Francis Sept. 24 to resign as prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes.

                Becciu denies interfering in Pell trial

                ROME -- Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu denied having interfered in any way with the trial of Cardinal George Pell after Italian media reported an allegation that Becciu might have wired money to Australia as a bribe during Pell’s trial.

                • By CNA/EWTN News
                  Pope Francis greets a Swiss Guard as he returns to his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae, after a service in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Oct. 24, 2013, file photo. The Vatican announced Oct. 17 that a resident of the Domus Sanctae Marthae tested positive for COVID-19.

                  Vatican reports positive coronavirus case at pope's residence

                  VATICAN CITY -- A resident at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the residence where Pope Francis lives, tested positive for COVID-19, the Vatican announced.

                    Leaders of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples hold a news conference at the Vatican Oct. 16, 2020. The topic was World Mission Sunday, which will be observed Oct. 18. Pictured from left are Oblate Father Tadeusz J. Nowak, secretary-general of the pontifical mission societies; Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples; and Cristiane Murray, vice director of the Vatican Press Office.

                    World Mission Sunday isn't canceled because of COVID-19, officials say

                    VATICAN CITY - The collection taken up in parishes around the globe on World Mission Sunday is "as unique as it is rare" because offerings are made by Catholics in the richest and poorest nations, a Vatican official said.

                    • By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
                      A Swiss Guard is seen as Vatican photographer Simone Risoluti works during Pope Francis' general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Oct. 7, 2020. The weekend of Oct. 10-11, four Swiss Guards were found to have COVID-19 and are symptomatic, the Vatican confirmed Oct. 12.

                      Swiss Guards report additional cases of COVID-19 among ranks

                      VATICAN CITY - The Swiss Guard reported an additional seven men have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the current number of cases among the 113 guardsmen to 11.

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