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Something to look forward to Over the past year and a half Churches Together in the Merseyside Region (CTMR) brought together a gathering of young adults aged 18+ from across Merseyside.
Rebecca, one of the members of the group says: ‘The CTMR Group is filled with the most amazing and wonderful people. Since the beginning, it has grown and become more than just a
group of young adults but a family...This group is something I have been missing and it is so important…to find people of a similar age to grow and learn together. Cynthia said: ‘Being part of the CTMR group has been such a wonderful experience. I have the opportunity to meet, learn, and socialise with Christians from other denominations and it's been great knowing that there are other people with whom I can share my faith’. It is ‘a place for friendship, support and fellowship that is a blessing to be a part of’, Chloé observed and Peter experienced: ‘this is something to look forward to during COVID-19’. Taras, a young priest commented: ‘Having been raised in an atheistic society (Soviet Union), I am grateful to be part of this group, members of which eagerly profess their Christian faith. It is a great joy to see young people from different Christian backgrounds coming together, sharing their gifts and creating a community that transcends denominational borders’. The group would be delighted to welcome other young adults aged 18+ to come and join the zoom meetings. If you would like to know more, please contact Veronica email: veronica@ctmr.org.uk or contact Elisabeth at the CTMR office Tel: 07394 075951 (WhatsApp is fine).
Pope Francis appoints new Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain Pope Francis has named Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti as Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain. Claudio Gugerotti was born in Verona, Italy, in 1955 and ordained a priest of the Diocese of Verona in 1982. He studied Eastern Languages and Sacred Liturgy and was a professor of Patristics, Eastern Liturgy at the Institute of Ecumenical Studies in Verona from 1981 to 1985. In 1985, he was appointed as an official working at the Congregation for the Eastern Churches and he became its Undersecretary in 1997. He has also taught at the Pontifical Oriental Institute. On 7 December 2001, Pope St John Paul II appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia and to Armenia. He was also subsequently appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Azerbaijan on 13 December. He received his episcopal consecration by Pope St John Paul on 6 January 2002 appointing him to the Titular See of Ravello. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus in
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2011 and Pope Francis appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine in 2015. The previous Nuncio to Great Britain, Archbishop Edward Adams, retired last January. The Apostolic Nuncio is the representative of the Holy See at the Court of St James’s and has the rank of ambassador.
