Buenos Aires (CNN) — “He told me. …(pope) ‘I’m in favor of gay rights and in any case, I also favor civil unions for homosexuals, but I believe that Argentina is not yet ready for a gay marriage law,'” said Marquez, a gay rights activist, a self-described devout Catholic and a former theology professor at a Catholic seminary.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/world/americas/argentina-pope-civil-unions