✣ Marine Le Pen ‘angry’ at Pope Francis
What happened? Marine Le Pen has criticised Pope Francis ahead of the first round of the French presidential elections. Le Pen, who leads the Front National (FN), said she was “angry” about the Pope’s call for states to welcome more migrants, and that bishops were “meddling” in politics by raising similar concerns. Voting begins on Sunday. Le Pen is neck-and-neck with three candidates: Catholic free-marketeer François Fillon, socialist firebrand Jean-Luc Melenchon, and liberal Emmanuel Macron.
