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Pope Leo seeks a US mail ballot | Beginner Italian Lesson (A0-A1) from Today's News

Today's story: Pope Leo XIV is requesting a ballot to vote in the United States. You will hear it in Italian first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in Italian: Papa Leone XIV chiede una scheda per votare negli Stati Uniti

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(01:35) Today's headline, slowly

(02:28) Asking for something

(03:30) Time and elections

(04:17) Completing and posting

(05:12) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/italian/a1/2026-10-30

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