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First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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ralfd ◴[08 May 25 18:25 UTC] No.43929524[source]▶
Is Pope Leo eligible to be voted President of the United States?
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mjirv ◴[08 May 25 18:25 UTC] No.43929534[source]▶
sure, why not?
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9dev ◴[08 May 25 18:36 UTC] No.43929670[source]▶
Because he is the head of a foreign nation, and will hold that office till death. You cannot be head of multiple nations at once.
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1. jermaustin1 ◴[08 May 25 18:43 UTC] No.43929777[source]▶
Napoleon - Emperor of France and King of Italy

King George VI/Queen Elizabeth II/Charles III - Monarch over several British Commonwealth realms.

Wilhelm II - Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia

To name a few who disagree.

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2. svieira ◴[08 May 25 20:09 UTC] No.43930780[source]▶
The grand title [1] of Karl Franz Josef Ludwig Hubert Georg Otto Maria [2], the last Emperor of Austria is over 120 words:

His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, By the Grace of God Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Slavonia, Galicia, Lodomeria and Illyria; King of Jerusalem, etc.; Archduke of Austria; Grand Duke of Tuscany and Cracow; Duke of Lorraine, Salzburg, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and Bukovina; Grand Prince of Transylvania, Margrave of Moravia; Duke of Upper and Lower Silesia, of Modena, Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, of Auschwitz and Zator, of Teschen, Friaul, Ragusa and Zara; Princely Count of Habsburg and Tyrol, of Kyburg, Gorizia and Gradisca; Prince of Trento and Brixen; Margrave of Upper and Lower Lusatia and in Istria; Count of Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg etc.; Lord of Trieste, of Cattaro and on the Windic March; Grand Voivode of the Voivodeship of Serbia

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_title_of_the_emperor_of_... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_Austria#Titles,_s...