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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Polish bishops condemn IVF law, warn Catholics to not use process
Greece's hard-pressed Catholics keep up hopes for better times
European church gears up for battle at Vatican's family synod
Polish bishops vow to resist change at synod on the family
German church official says plan for electing bishops follows tradition
French Catholics want countries to quit buying oil from Islamic State
Europe's fractious Catholics set out their views in synod questionnaire
Polish leaders hope Pope Francis visits Auschwitz when he comes in 2016
Belgian bishop: Ruling against archbishop could spur claims for damages
European countries distinguish between religious, civil marriages
John Paul II still looms large, but Poland's church is changing
Cardinal says bishops' conferences cannot go it alone on doctrine
Laicized Polish priest gets seven years in jail for child sexual abuse
Catholic leaders: Fears of 'slippery slope' of euthanasia in Europe are justified
For Greece's embattled Catholics, new radical government is sign of hope
Catholics join in marking 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
France's Catholic church helps society reflect after terrorist attacks
Priest: Help for rebels part of peace work in Central African Republic
Pope calls for 'vigorous' Europe to stay true to its roots
