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Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US election

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The Chicago-born pontiff, who has a tense relationship with Trump, mailed in a ballot for the midterm elections that will decide control of the US Congress

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Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US election

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