Hard choice in France Loup Besmond de Senneville and Samuel Lieven, La Croix Thursday, April 27, 2017 Both Candidates in the second (and final) round of the French presidential election are Catholic, so it’s no surprise that the Catholic vote is split and Catholic voters are confused and anxious — so much so that some are looking forward not to this election but the next. © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.