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 The 83-year-old Pope Francis made a major break from Catholic teachings in an interview for the documentary Francesco, which premiered on Wednesday (October 21). “Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family,” the pontiff said. “They’re children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it.” He added: “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered. I stood up for that.” The announcement could soon see same-sex civil unions legalized in the Philippines, the home of the third largest Catholic population in the world after Brazil and Mexico. In a televised press briefing from Malacañang Palace, the seat of the Philippines’ government, a spokesperson confirmed that the “recognition of same-sex union has always been supported” by president Rodrigo Duterte. “That just depends on the priority of Congress,” spokesperson Harry Roque told reporters on Thursday. “But with no less than the Pope sup...

 SANTIAGO, Chile — The protests started over a small hike in metro fares, then exploded into a broad reckoning over inequality that shook Chile for weeks. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets, calling for sweeping change in their society, with higher wages and pensions, better health care and education. The movement soon seized on a vehicle for their demands: Chile’s Constitution. The existing charter, drafted without popular input during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and approved in a fraudulent plebiscite in 1980, was widely blamed for blocking change — and seen as a lingering link to a grim chapter in Chile’s history. On Sunday, just over a year after the massive demonstrations swept the nation, Chileans voted to scrap the dictatorship-era document and write a new one — a process that could transform the politics of a country that has long been regarded as one of the most stable and prosperous in Latin America. With 100 percent of t...