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Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Front, delivers a speech in Henin-Beaumont, France, April 23, after the first round of the French presidential elections. (CNS photo/Oliver Hoslet, EPA)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
There is considerable overlap between French conservatives and French Catholics.
Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyon, France, is pictured before the start of Pope Francis' general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 26. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyNews
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
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 requested an early retirement, saying he wanted to return to missionary work. Screenshot from YouTube
FaithNews
Josephine McKenna - Religion News Service
Bishop Gianfranco Todisco said he wrote to the pope last year saying he wanted to return to his work as a missionary.
No fun allowed? The northbound Bakerloo line platform at Edgware Road
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
The London police have issued a statement asking "D.J.s to refrain from using the Tube as a pop-up club.”
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, with lawmaker Angus Robertson an SNP member of the UK Parliament, speak to the media outside the Palace of Westminster in London, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday called for a snap June 8 general election, seeking to strengthen her hand in European Union exit talks and tighten her grip on a fractious Conservative Party. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Politics & SocietyNews
Jill Lawless - Associated Press
British voters will be heading to polling stations for the third time since 2015, after lawmakers overwhelmingly backed Prime Minister Theresa May's call for a snap election on June 8.
A man reads a newspaper with images of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a map showing the results of Sunday referendum, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on Monday, April 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
Politics & SocietyNews
Elena Becatoros - Associated PressSusan Fraser - Associated Press
International observers who monitored the voting found irregularities, saying the conduct of Sunday's referendum "fell short" of international standards.