Today the Rome Film Festival premiered "Francesco", a documentary about Pope Francis I

Today the Rome Film Festival premiered "Francesco", a documentary about Pope Francis I. And in this film words of papal support for same-sex unions were heard. "Homosexuals are children of God and have a right to a family. We must create a civil union law [for homosexuals]. That way they are legally covered. I stand up for that." Curiously, the words were heard in a film by the director Evgeny Afineevsky, a native of Kazan who emigrated to the United States in the 1990s. "Francesco" tells of the papacy and the Pope's life over the past seven years, and of the key problems Francis singles out: the protection of nature, poverty, migration and inequality. Well, today marks an important step in the Church's support of LGBT people and against homophobia in the world. The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has already come out in approval of the words of Francis I. By and large, the Pope had made inclusive statements before and sought to support gay people, and he held that position even as Archbishop of Buenos Aires.