Bela familia, mamma mia.

Mary Rolato grew up in Ohio longing for a large family, only to find out that she had one.

In Italy, it was years before she could ask her birth mother the most painful question of all.

Why was she given away?

The church convinced her that it was the best thing for her.

And so instead of helping her, it was better for them to make money selling babies.

So am I angry at the church? Hell yeah.

Enter some countries you arrive in style. Am I angry at the church? Hell yeah.

Enter some countries you arrive in style.

Here, you arrive in what's basically a backyard swing hoisted by a crank 60 feet above the North Sea.

And if you're wondering about the safety regulations, yeah, us too.

Then again, when you are a sovereign nation, you, by definition, set your own rules.

That's a hell of a way to get into a country. The only way to travel.

Welcome to Sealand, a monarchy that declared its independence in 1967. Just wait till you hear this story.

I feel a real responsibility to try and get as much on screen for the audience as possible. Action!

Christopher Nolan is one of the great directors of our time, Oppenheimer, Dunkirk, Interstellar, and next, The Odyssey. I mean, it was a great director of our time. Oppenheimer, Dunkirk, Interstellar, and next, The Odyssey.

I mean, it was the hardest movie I've ever done by far. I mean, not even close.

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Those stories tonight on 60 Minutes.

During the 1950s, the Catholic Church in Belgium separated thousands of newborns from their unwed mothers and put them up for adoption, often without the mother's consent.

The women were shamed into surrendering their babies by their families and a powerful church.

In 2024, Pope Francis apologized for those forced adoptions.

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