The head of the French bishops' conference welcomed the election of President-elect Emmanuel Macron and said he hoped June legislative elections would not place the country "in an ungovernable situation."
Archbishop Georges Pontier of Marseille, president of the French bishops' conference, told Vatican Radio on May 8 that French Catholics had also been left "divided like the rest of French society" and said he counted on Macron and his new government "being able to function."
"Macron has been elected in an important manner -- we must hope he succeeds for the good of our country, otherwise it will be catastrophic," said Archbishop Pontier.
