Kidnapped (Rapito) (12A)

In 1858, Pope Pius IX learns that a Jewish maid in Bologna secretly baptised a sickly child so the youngster's soul would not remain in limbo should he die. The pontiff commands soldiers to forcibly remove six-year-old boy Edgardo Mortara from his home since he cannot be raised by a non-Catholic family. Edgardo must be a ward of the Catholic Church instead. Distraught parents Salomone and Marianna attempt to have their boy returned to them.