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French Catholic voters remain faithful to scandal-hit Fillon

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French conservative presidential candidate François Fillon is a practicing Catholic. In a book which kicked off his presidential bid, he wrote an entire chapter about his faith. But in the past weeks, Fillon’s campaign has been dogged by a string of scandals. Although this has taken its toll, many Catholic voters are standing by their champion. Our team on the ground reports from Paris and Avignon.

Added on the 24/03/2017 15:06:27 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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