Macron won the second-round presidential ballot with 66.1 percent of votes against 33.9 percent taken by Marine Le Pen.

The U.K. populace at large did not appear to share the delight of the media and the political classes as the shortest parliament in 45 years came to an abrupt end.

My point is that the Catholics in France have to realize that no candidate can match the real expectations of Catholic voters.

There is considerable overlap between French conservatives and French Catholics.

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will face off on May 7, when voters will choose who will be the French president for the next five years.

Bishop Gianfranco Todisco said he wrote to the pope last year saying he wanted to return to his work as a missionary.