Pope's historic US vote

Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in US election

Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope to vote in a U.S. general election, casting a mail-in ballot in his native Chicago ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, the Vatican confirmed. The Chicago-born pontiff, who has a tense relationship with Donald Trump, mailed in a ballot in a contest that will decide control of the U.S. Congress.