Pope Leo makes history with US midterm vote:
This is the first known time that a pope has voted in a political election.
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Pope Leo makes history with US midterm vote: This is the first known time that a pope has voted in a political election.
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- Pope Leo XIV said Friday he was proud to be American and had exercised his right to vote.
- The Vatican confirmed that the U.S.-born pope voted by mail in his native Chicago.
- The Vatican said Leo voted whenever eligible during his nearly two decades as a missionary and bishop in Peru.
- The Associated Press reported Prevost voted in five primaries since 2000: Democratic ones in 2008 and 2019, and Republican ones in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
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