<sod>Barnard had an extramarital affair with film star [[Gina Lollobrigida]].<ref name="mcrae2007"/>{{page needed|date=December 2013}}{{when|date=June 2016}}<eod>
<sod>Barnard described in his autobiography ''The Second Life'' one night extramarital affair with Italian film star [[Gina Lollobrigida]],<ref name="mcrae2007"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Barnard|first=Chris |date=1994 |title= Druhý dech |trans-title=The Second Life|pages = 70–71|language= cs |location=Prague |publisher=Lidové noviny |isbn= 80-7106-096-8}}</ref><!-- Czech translation of The Second Life --> that happened in January 1968. During Rome visit he was received audience by Pope [[Paul VI]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Pope Tells Barnard Of 'Heart' Prayers|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19680130&id=sLcpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o08EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5795,4863293&hl=cs|date= 1968-01-30| |access-date= 2016-10-08|location=Pittsburgh |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref><!-- article via Google news with image of Barnard and Lollobrigida --><eod>