Can Pope Leo retain US citizenship while leading a foreign govt?
Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on May 8, 2025. PHOTO/@VaticanNews/XPope Leo XIV’s election as the first US-born leader of the Roman Catholic Church elevated him to the rare, legally thorny position of being an American citizen who is also a foreign head of state. Born in Chicago as Robert Prevost in 1955,…