(The Pillar) The Vatican announced Thursday that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, after French media alleged the archbishop had an affair with a woman more than a decade ago. The pope’s decision to accept Aupetit’s resignation could signal a significant shift in the Vatican’s approach to allegations of episcopal misconduct, but the archbishop’s own statements suggest the decision may be linked to his governance of the archdiocese. (...)
