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Pope ‘proud to be an American’ after US elections, and credits God and doctors with cancer rebound

On Friday, Pope Leo XIV confirmed he voted by mail in the U.S. midterm elections, marking an historic first for a pontiff voting in a secular election and stating he was "proud to be an American and to exercise the right."
The Vatican noted on October 30 that Leo, who retains U.S. citizenship, votes "whenever he was eligible to do so" as evidence of his belief in civic participation, having previously voted in Illinois primaries and the 2024 election.
While acknowledging his civic duty, Leo declined to comment on specific midterm results, including Texas, joking that "the pope" doesn't take sides in political contests.
Leo is currently en route to Montevideo, Uruguay, for the first stop of a 12-day tour across South America, just three weeks after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from his right lung.

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