A few hours after the announcement of the winners of the first round of the French presidential election, the French bishops' conference published a reflection on voting in the final round.
On April 23, Emmanuel Macron, founder of En Marche!, a centre-left political movement, and Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Front, won the first round. They will face off on May 7, when voters will choose who will be president for the next five years.
As they have throughout the election campaign, the bishops did not endorse a candidate by name, but gave Catholics "elements for discernment."
