SINGAPORE - Responding to reports that Pope Francis had endorsed same-sex civil unions in the new documentary Francesco, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore on Thursday (Oct 22) said the Catholic Church's stance on marriage remains unchanged. Any comment made by Pope Francis that has been recorded in a documentary "is not considered or admissible as an official papal teaching", the Catholic Church of Singapore said in a statement. It said the "Catholic understanding of marriage is defined as the sacrament by which a baptised man and a baptised woman bind themselves for life in lawful marriage". This constant teaching on marriage "remains unchanged regardless of a civil union between two persons of the same sex approved by the state", the Church added. "We do not know at the moment what the Holy Father actually said in the interview and the context of what he said," the Church said, adding that it has not had an official statement or communication from the Vatican. "What is legal in society is not necessarily moral or licit for Catholics in the teaching of the Church." Civil unions are legally recognised relationships that are granted similar legal rights to conventional mar...