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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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andyjohnson0 ◴[08 May 25 18:41 UTC] No.43929744{3}[source]▶
> You cannot be head of multiple nations at once.

Says who? Is it actually prohibited in the us constitution?

The british monarch is head of state of multiple nations, and has been for over a century.

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1. 1-more ◴[08 May 25 19:04 UTC] No.43930055{4}[source]▶
I think the more fitting example from that island is the personal union whereby the monarchs of England and Scotland happened to be the same person, but England and Scotland were still separate states. This started with James VI and I who became king of Scotland in 1567 and became king of England in 1603. This state of affairs continued (with I guess some de facto if not de jure interruptions) until the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, after which time the monarch held one title over one state.

Throughout that time and afterwards, the monarch of England & Scotland was often also the monarch of other territories too, so that "one title" is eliding a bunch of stuff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain