Mater Filius Colorado Springs will house homeless women who in the community are pregnant. The Diocese of Colorado Springs broke ground on the new facility on Saturday.
Bishop-designate James Golka will head the Colorado Springs Diocese. / U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Denver Newsroom, Apr 30, 2021 / 13:06 pm (CNA).
Father James Golka is Pope Francis’ choice to become the next bishop of Colorado Springs, .
Retired Bishop Richard Hanifen, left, Fr. James Golka, and Bishop Michael Sheridan are seen in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 30, 2021. Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of 76-year-old Sheridan and has named as his successor Golka, vicar general of the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska. (CNS/Diocese of Colorado Springs/Esperanza Griffith)
Washington Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of 76-year-old Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs,Colorado, and has named as his successor Fr. James Golka, vicar general of the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska.
The changes in the Colorado diocese were announced April 30 in Washington by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio.