Why was he not being accepted?
That full paragraph described everything else but that pivotal point.
Why wont Pope Francis join him and resign as well?
The Catholic Church in Mbaise has never known peace since Okpaleke was appointed by the retired Pope Benedict. Rejection has continued to greet efforts made by the Catholic hierarchy to allow Okpaleke be. Efforts by the church leaders including the Papal Nuncio in Nigeria, (representative of the Pope), Archbishops and Bishops in the country for Okpaleke’s acceptance have proved futile as people of the area remain unshaken in their resolve to protest non appointment of a priest of Mbaise extraction as Bishop of Ahiara Diocese.