When Popes Meet Dictators (PHOTOS)
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Pope Francis meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of a private audience at the Vatican, on June 10, 2015.
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Cuban President Raul Castro and Pope Francis leave the Paul VI Hall private studio after a private audience on May 10, 2015 in Vatican City, Vatican.
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Pope Benedict XVI met President Vladimir Putin in 2007. Putin and Pope Benedict discussed the often strained relations between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church.
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In 1996, Pope John Paul II met Cuban President Fidel Castro at his private library in Vatican City, Vatican.
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Augusto Pinochet, then Chilean dictator, met with Pope John Paul II at the balcony of La Moneda in Santiago.
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Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner listened as Pope John Paul II made a speech upon arriving in Paraguay in 1988.
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