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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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
Will Orthodoxy's historic council achieve results after church walkouts?
European bishops urge expansion of EU role in peacebuilding
Scotland's assertive Catholics weigh up independence
German cardinal says 'unauthorized people' in Rome veto bishop nominations
Vatican reiterates Polish archbishop should shun public church events
Growing Islamist drive highlights insecurity of African Christians
Papal letters raise issues around clerical friendships with women
