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Archbishop David Moxon, director of the Anglican Centre in Rome, was invited to share the blessing with Pope Francis and Archbishop Gennadios of the Ecumenical Patriarchate during a service to mark the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Before taking up his present appointment Moxon was the Bishop of Waikato,
The blessing took place in front of the 3000-strong congregation at the Papal Basilica of St Paul’s outside the Walls, the venue for the final day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Rome.
Moxon said he and Archbishop Gennadios (the representative of the Ecumenical Patriarch), were called to the side of the Papal Throne.
“And he said ‘let’s share this together’. He received his papal pastoral staff, began the prayer and raised his hand. and we raised our hands also.”
“It was incredibly moving to be part of what (I think) was an unprecedented invitation, which said far more even than the words which were actually recited.” Continue reading
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