Pope Leo XIV has submitted a mail-in ballot in Illinois for the US midterm elections, the first pope to vote in a US election, the Holy See Press Office said. BBC News

BBC NewsPope Leo XIV casts historic vote in US midterm electionThe 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.

Should a head of state who is also a religious leader take part in another country's elections, or is voting a citizen's right whatever the office?

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