教宗良十四世成首位在美國選舉投票的教宗

作者：凱瑟琳・傑克森By Katharine Jackson

華盛頓，10月30日（路透社）——梵蒂岡新聞辦公室週五表示，教宗良十四世以郵寄方式在美國期中選舉投票，這是這位美國出生教宗的歷史性首次。WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Pope Leo XIV cast a ballot by mail in the US midterm elections, the Vatican press office said on Friday, a historic first for the American-born pontiff.

梵蒂岡表示：「秉持長久以來參與公民事務的做法，他已在芝加哥遞交郵寄選票。」「教宗表達了他的信念，即公民有權利也有義務參與民主程序。」"In keeping with this long-standing practice of civic participation, he has submitted his mail-in ballot in Chicago," the Vatican said. "The Holy Father expresses his belief in the right and the duty of citizens to participate in democratic processes."

梵蒂岡未說明良十四世投票支持哪些候選人。The Vatican did not say which candidates Leo had voted for.

良十四世現年71歲，出生於芝加哥，是首位美國出生的教宗。根據威爾郡書記官網站，教宗以本名羅伯特・法蘭西斯・普雷沃斯特郵寄投票。Leo, 71, was born in Chicago and is the first American-born pope. The pope voted by mail under his birth name, Robert Francis Prevost, according to the Will County Clerk's website.

總統唐納・川普低迷的支持度，正衝擊共和黨同僚在11月3日選舉中保住國會兩院多數席次的機會；民眾對高昂生活成本和伊朗戰爭感到不滿。President Donald Trump's sagging popularity is hurting his fellow Republicans' chances of holding onto their majorities in both chambers of Congress in the November 3 election, with the public unhappy about the high cost of living and the Iran war.

川普在這位新教宗任期初期曾多次批評良十四世，稱他在犯罪議題上「軟弱」且「糟糕」。Trump repeatedly criticized Leo early in the new pope's tenure, calling him "weak" and "terrible" on crime.

教宗3月表示，上帝拒絕那些發動戰爭且「雙手沾滿鮮血」者的祈禱。4月，他稱川普揚言摧毀伊朗文明的說法不可接受，並且先前曾拒絕加入這位美國總統為加薩提出的所謂「和平委員會」倡議。The pope said in March that God rejects the prayers of those who start wars and have "hands full of blood." In April, he termed Trump's threat to destroy the Iranian civilization as unacceptable and previously declined to join the US president's so-called "Board of Peace" initiative for Gaza.

良十四世也敦促對美國對待移民的方式進行「深刻反思」。Leo has also urged a "deep reflection" on the way migrants are treated in the US.

在民主黨穩定占優勢的伊利諾州，選民將選出即將退休的美國參議員迪克・德賓的接任者，並決定是否讓州長JB・普里茲克連任。Voters in the solidly Democratic state of Illinois will select a successor for retiring US Senator Dick Durbin and choose whether to re-elect Governor JB Pritzker.

良十四世於2025年5月由全球樞機主教選出，領導擁有14億信眾的教會。Leo was elected to lead the 1.4-billion-member Church by the world's cardinals in May 2025.

教宗10月13日接受手術，切除右肺下葉，並被診斷罹患肺腺癌，這是最常見的肺癌形式。醫師表示，他不需要進一步治療。The pope had the lower lobe of his right lung removed in surgery on October 13 and was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer. Doctors say he will not need further therapy.

他預定下週前往南美洲。He is set to travel to South America next week.

（凱瑟琳・傑克森報導；史考特・馬隆編輯）(Reporting by Katharine Jackson; editing by Scott Malone)