Leo XIV could become the first pope to vote in an American election. Pope Leo, who was born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost, has not returned to the United States since taking the highest office in the Catholic Church. But he wants to vote in the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, earlier this month the pope asked the Will County, Illinois, clerk’s office to send him a mail-in ballot. A county representative said that as of Thursday, no ballot had yet arrived from the Vatican. Time is running short for the envelope to be postmarked before the Nov. 3 election.
The first pope born in the United States would also be the first head of the Catholic Church in history to take part in a U.S. election, should he decide to cast a vote. Although he has not visited his homeland since being elected pope, he has repeatedly spoken out on U.S. politics, at times irritating President Donald Trump. Because he did not renounce his American citizenship after becoming pope, he retains the right under U.S. law to vote in elections if he chooses to do so.
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Source: Polski.FM
