the new pope lead palm sunday prayers. pope francis urged his followers to reject corruption and greed and to reach out to the poor and the forgotten. pope francis is being seen as a pragmatist. his stance on same-sex marriage in argentina may bear that out. as cardinal he reportedly supported civil unions. rafael romo explains. reporter: a cordial vatican meeting between the president of argentina and the new pope with the two argentines exchanging gifts. but their get-together monday was in sharp can tras of the war of words between the two leaders less than three years ago. in mid 2010, argentina was polarized over a same-sex marriage bill supported by cristina fernandez kirschner who called the church s actions against the church s measures equal to the inquisition. then the bill was blasted, an
undersheriff of the county where he was killed. passionate plea from a 12-year-old speaking out for same-sex marriage. daniel lefew who was adopted with his sister by two gay fathers. the letter he wrote to supreme court justice john roberts and why he says john roberts family is just like his. it was really interesting to see. it really was. okay, christine. you re welcome. middle ground on same-sex marriage. at the height of the same-sex marriage fight in argentina, 2010, archbishop bergoglio, now pope francis, got into a very public verbal battle with the country s president, calling her gay marriage bill a destructive attack on god s plan but privately pope francis stance may have been very different. reporter: a cordial vatican meeting between the president of argentina and the new pope with the two argentines exchanging gifts. their get-together monday was in sharp contrast to the war of words between the two leaders
meeting between the president of argentina and the new pope, exchanging gifts. their get together monday was in sharp contrast of the war of words between the two leaders less than three years ago. in mid 2010, argentina polarized over a same same-sex marriage bill who called the church s actions, attitudes reminiscent of med evidenceal times and the inquisition and then the bill was dubbed a destructive attack on god s plan. translator: the church has asked catholics to oppose this, and that s exactly what i m doing as a catholic. reporter: some say the future pontiff was much more conciliatory than he appeared. a gay rights activist and former theology professor near the argentine capital says bergoglio told him in private, he favored