A bishop's comments expressing conciliatory views on same-sex couples raising children were edited out of a video promoted by the World Meeting of Families (WMF).

The comments were made by Bishop David O'Connell, originally from Cork but now based in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

The video is one of a number of clips produced for the 'Amoris: Let's talk Family! Let's be Family!' programme ahead of the World Meeting of Families.

The meeting takes place in Dublin this August and will include a visit by Pope Francis.

In the section of the Amoris video which deals with the reality of family life, Dr O'Connell recognises the different configurations of families today, including single parents or a gay couple raising children.

In the original video clip, he stated: "Pope Francis, he gets it. He gets it that our society has changed so much in the last couple of generations.

"We have all sorts of configurations of families now, whether it's just the traditional family of mum and dad together, or it's now mum on her own or dad on his own, or a gay couple raising children, or people in second marriages. No matter what the configuration of the family is, the call is still to adults to think about how to provide the best, most loving, faithful environment for children possible."

However, people accessing the video clip now will no longer be able to hear these words because they have been removed. Read more via the Independent