Jonathan Luxmoore
Jonathan Luxmoore is a freelance writer covering church news from Oxford, England, and Warsaw, Poland, and serving as a staff commentator for Polish Radio. He studied modern history at the University of Oxford and international relations at the London School of Economics and was a co-founder of the Polish chapter of Transparency International, the world's largest anti-corruption nongovernmental organization. His coverage of religious affairs during the transition to democracy in Eastern Europe won five Catholic Press Association awards, and his books include The Vatican and the Red Flag (London/New York, 1999), Rethinking Christendom: Europe's Struggle for Christianity (Leominster, 2005) and a two-volume study of communist-era martyrdom, The God of the Gulag (Gracewing, 2016).
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New Caritas report sets out building blocks for more-just Europe
Scottish diocese hopes to be a faith refuge
Lithuanian archbishop says citizens tense over Russian buildup
England's cathedrals take on ecumenical, interfaith role
Europe's church leaders offer clashing predictions for Trump presidency
Reformation's anniversary brings commemorations, reconsiderations
Polish bishops oppose Catholic group's support of gay rights campaign
Coptic Catholic spokesman welcomes new Egyptian law on building churches
Congo bishops help facilitate talks between government, opposition
Poland's church faces challenge from papal visit
At WYD opening, Krakow cardinal asks pilgrims to spread message of divine mercy
Police raise security threat level in Krakow but say no concrete danger
Brexit vote concerns European church leaders that unity may be fractured
Historic Orthodox Council ends with upbeat but cautious message
Church officials say Orthodox Council decisions will be binding
Orthodox churches set out new links for diaspora communities
Orthodox Council approves first ever joint document on mission
Orthodox Council opens with call for unity
Roma still at Europe's margins
