{"id":18328,"date":"2013-03-17T08:42:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T14:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=18328"},"modified":"2013-05-19T08:19:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T14:19:27","slug":"nbc-latino-bergoglio-pope-francis-supports-gay-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/17\/nbc-latino-bergoglio-pope-francis-supports-gay-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Latino: Bergoglio (Pope Francis) Supports Gay Unions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From Argentina:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the new pope\u2019s authorized biographer, Sergio Rubin, Bergoglio was politically wise enough to know the church couldn\u2019t win a straight-on fight against gay marriage, so he urged his bishops to lobby for gay civil unions instead. 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