From the days before morality was held hostage by abortion.
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In 1957 the Vatican declared Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren public sinners because they entered into illegal civil marriage with their husbands - who had obtained divorces from their first wives outside of Italy, where divorce was illegal...
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In 1949, Ingrid Bergman, though married at the time, became pregnant by her director and lover, Roberto Rosselini and gave birth to his son. She was actually denounced by a senator from Colorado on the floor of the U.S. Senate, who called her, "a horrible example of womanhood and a powerful influence for evil."
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Photo: Sophia Loren with her husband Carlo Ponti.
