BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation of a Colombian bishop who was mentioned in a book about members of Colombia's clergy who have allegedly committed acts of sexual abuse.

The Vatican said in its daily news bulletin that the pope approved the resignation of Bishop Óscar Augusto Múnera from the apostolic vicariate of Tierra Adentro in southwest Colombia. The Vatican’s brief statement didn't explain why the bishop had resigned from his post.

Múnera was accused of abusing of a young man in a book published last year by investigative journalists Juan Pablo Barrientos and Miguel Estupiñán, which also includes a list of more than 500 members of Colombia’s Roman Catholic clergy who have allegedly committed acts of sexual abuse. However, Colombian authorities haven't filed any charges against Múnera.

In an article published in May on the news site Religion Digital, Estupiñán says that Múnera abused a young man in 2005 when he was a priest in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Osos.

Should Joe Biden use his faith to decide whether to stay or go? Do faith groups have anything to say about the increase in hate in Canada? And how long should a sermon be? Those are a few of the questions that crossed my mind recently.

When it comes to President Biden, there are surely a lot of factors he is weighing right now about whether to stay or go. Will his strong Roman Catholic faith be one of them? That’s the question asked by Michael Higgins, a Canadian Catholic scholar, author and commentator on current events.

In a recent posting on his Pontifex Minimus blog, Higgins noted the speculation surrounding the U.S. President’s future following the disastrous debate in June. Will he or won’t he step aside because of his age and declining physical and mental abilities?

If Biden needs a model and inspiration for leaving, Higgins suggested the example of Pope Benedict XVI — a leader who had to make a similar difficult decision.

ROME (AP) — The Vatican insisted Thursday at the close of a trial in Britain that it was the victim of a yearslong fraud over its investment in a London property, arguing that one of its main brokers by no means acted “in good faith.”

The Vatican submitted a concluding statement at the close of the trial brought by British-Italian broker Raffaele Mincione. A verdict is expected after the summer.

Mincione is seeking to clear his name in the British courts after he was convicted by a Vatican criminal tribunal last year for his role in the Holy See’s 350-million-euro ($375 million) investment in the former Harrod’s warehouse. He is asking the British High Court to declare that he acted “in good faith” in his dealings with the Vatican.

The Holy See had tried unsuccessfully to get the case dismissed, but once on trial, doubled down on its claims that Mincione and a fellow broker engaged in a conspiracy to fleece it of millions of euros by inflating the cost of the building when the Vatican decided it wanted to buy it fully in late 2018.