The new nuncio arrived in Ukraine

On December 15 his Excellency Claudio Gugerotti, newly appointed Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, arrived to Kyiv, informs Credo.

At the airport the papal envoy was welcomed by the representatives of the Catholic Church in Ukraine:  His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk - Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Eminence Petro Malchuk - Archbishop of Kyiv-Zhytomyr diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, and His Excellency Milan Shashik - Bishop of the Mukachevo Greek Catholic eparchy.

Then the Apostolic Nuncio visited former head of the UGCC, archbishop-emeritus Cardinal Lubomyr Husar and asked him for a blessing.

On the meeting with the employees of the Apostolic Nuntiature papal envoy, who speaks good Russian, said that he has such a large team of collaborators for the first time, so hopes to fulfill his mission successfully.