Jonathan Luxmoore, Author at Catholic Herald

Jonathan Luxmoore

April 19, 2018

Will the downturn in Western relations with Russia have an impact on Catholic-Orthodox ties? Not at all, according to Moscow’s Patriarch Kirill, who talked by telephone with Pope Francis last Saturday and insisted that both had agreed to continue dialogue. But with Russian Church leaders appearing to bless President Vladimir Putin’s every move, questions are

The Polish paradox

March 29, 2018

When Poland’s Catholic bishops recently debated their Church’s work abroad, its mission in Britain featured prominently. Since the EU referendum in 2016, there has been much uncertainty among Britain’s large Polish minority, as well as among the Polish clergy ministering here. At least 1.5 million Poles headed for Britain after their country’s 2004 accession to

VIDEO: Boxing nuns take Poland by storm

March 27, 2018

The Capuchin Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus hope to raise money for their orphanage

Russian Catholic leaders pledge to work with Putin after election win

March 22, 2018

They called on him to 'justify voters' confidence' after his landslide victory

One of Germany’s oldest dioceses to reduce parishes by 80 per cent

March 01, 2018

Each new parish in Trier Diocese will be led by a priest and two full-time lay people

The row shaking the Polish Church

February 01, 2018

An eminent priest has denounced the nation's bishops. Does a sharp dip in Mass attendance back up his claims?

The row shaking the Polish Church

February 01, 2018

When an eminent Polish Dominican wrote a scathing attack on his country’s government and Church late last month, it brought to a head long-simmering frustrations. The occasion for Fr Ludwik Wiśniewski’s onslaught, in the weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, was the publication of new data confirming a decline in Mass attendance in this staunchly Catholic country. But

Jonathan Luxmoore: The lost sounds of England

January 25, 2018

Through the great oak door of a 15th-century mansion, set against a sweeping hillside, the sound of singing wafts into the frosty air, accompanied by a mix of strings and woodwinds. “Almighty God, who hast given us thy only begotten Son to take our nature upon him – and at this time to be born,