Pope Francis is in support of gay civil unions, as reported by the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/world/americas/pope-francis-old-colleagues-recall-pragmatic-streak.html?_r=0&utm_source=April+2013&utm_campaign=April&utm_medium=email.
and in this YouTube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyCGpCgRUNA.