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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Belgian church apologizes for role in mistreating mixed-race people
Between election rounds, French cardinal deplores 'democracy gone mad'
Congo bishops fault politicians for failed mediation
Europe's populist parties pose a challenge for the church
Editor: Dutch church relief tempered by people's support for Wilders
Eastern Europe's church leaders face growing criticism over refugees
Europe's bishops still at odds over how to apply 'Amoris Laetitia'
Church leaders hope Trump does not repeal conflict-minerals provisions
Turkey's beleaguered Christians aim to stay resilient after attacks
Bishop says Turkish Catholics fearful, but government supportive
Catholic leaders in Congo welcome church-mediated accord
Martyrs from Southeast Asian regimes beatified in Laos
Catholics in Baltic states ponder response to new Russian aggressiveness
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
