Belgian King Leopold II meeting with future Pope Benedict XV, 5 years before his appointment to the papacy, 1909. The Catholic Church overwhelmingly supported Leopold throughout his brutal 23-year ownership of the Congo Free State, during which millions are thought to have died. (500×418)

Belgian King Leopold II meeting with future Pope Benedict XV, 5 years before his appointment to the papacy, 1909. The Catholic Church overwhelmingly supported Leopold throughout his brutal 23-year ownership of the Congo Free State, during which millions are thought to have died. (500×418)

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