COLORADO
The Denver Post
By Joey Bunch
The Denver Post
POSTED: 04/05/2014
While the Vatican is calling out bishops across the globe for approving lavish homes for themselves, the Archdiocese of Denver on Friday defended its $6.5 million Holy Trinity Center project, which includes a new residence for Archbishop Samuel Aquila.
The project also provides meeting space and residences for other bishops as part of a church-approved expansion on the John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization seminary campus in Denver, said archdiocese spokeswoman Karna Swanson.
The money for it comes from private donors and church investments earmarked for such construction on the 108-year-old campus, she said.
“The archbishop took it on himself to do most of the fundraising,” Swanson said of Aquila, a former student at the Denver seminary.
Aquila received approval for the project from several intra-church committees as part of the campus’ long-range plan, and it has been publicized in church reports for months without issue, she said.
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