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They are children of God and have a right to a family,\u201d he states in the movie \u201cFrancesco\u201d by&nbsp;Evgeny Afineevsky, which premiered at the Rome Film Festival. \u201cNobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered,\u201d the Vatican head continues. \u201cI stood up for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to&nbsp;the Catholic News Agency&nbsp;and&nbsp;Reuters, the documentary also tells the story of Bergoglio encouraging&nbsp;a man in a homosexual relationship to raise his three adopted children in a parish church. 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