The Catholics need to dump these leaders!! They are no longer true Christians. The Pope is the last true Pope.
Which pope are you speaking of?
Actually, the original “civil union” idea was so that two people could form what the government would recognize as a household for tax, inheritance or benefit purposes. This could be anyth8ng from an adult child living with an elderly parent to sibl8ngs living together to an elderly man and woman who client marry for legal or financial reasons, to a pair of people of the same sex. But it was not comparable to marriage, had nothing to do with sex, and there was no ceremony or anything involved with it.
Naturally, the gay lobby got ahold of it and things have never been the same since.
So I think Cordileone was trying to put a good face on Bergoglio’s statements, although unfortunately Bergoglio himself related it specifically to gays so I don’t think there’s much hope there.