French cleric named bishop in October steps aside for ‘burnout’
"The burden seemed too heavy to me..."
A French cleric named a bishop by Pope Francis in October said Wednesday that he would not take up the post, because of health problems he attributed to “burnout.”
Msgr. Ivan Brient, 50, announced on Nov. 16 that the pope had accepted his decision to withdraw as auxiliary bishop of Rennes, northwestern France.
Msgr. Brient, vicar general of the neighborin…