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Pope Francis Says He Accepted Paris Archbishop’s Resignation ‘on the Altar of Hypocrisy’
Answering questions aboard his return flight from Athens, Greece, to Rome on Dec. 6, the Pope said that the archbishop of Paris stepped down because he had ‘lost his reputation so publicly.’