Jonathan Luxmoore

4 days ago | churchtimes.co.uk | Jonathan Luxmoore

THE new Pope has declared his Church’s solidarity with journalists who suffer for reporting the truth, while urging the world’s media to help to counter “paradigms of war” across the world. “The suffering of imprisoned journalists challenges the conscience of nations and the international community, calling all of us to safeguard the precious gift of free speech,” Pope Leo XIV said on Monday.

1 week ago | churchtimes.co.uk | Jonathan Luxmoore

WORLD leaders have reacted to Thursday’s election of the Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV (News, 9 May), as more details emerged of his background and likely approach as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

1 week ago | osvnews.com | Jonathan Luxmoore

5  (OSV News) — As church leaders prepare to enter the conclave on May 7, attention has focused on the three English cardinals who’ll be taking part, and how they may be assisting the choice of a new pope. “As Englishmen, I’d say we bring a certain down-to-earth pragmatism to the discussions, which helps transcend ideological misunderstandings,” said Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, a popular preacher and former global master of the Dominican order.

2 weeks ago | churchtimes.co.uk | Jonathan Luxmoore

THE Russian Orthodox Church has praised President Putin’s declaration of a temporary ceasefire in the war against Ukraine, although the move was dismissed as manipulative by Ukrainian leaders. “This is not only a good-will gesture, but also a significant symbolic step — even in the most difficult circumstances, we must maintain humanity”, Vladimir Legoyda, who chairs the Synodal Department for Church-Society Relations, told Russia’s RIA-Novosti agency.

2 weeks ago | churchtimes.co.uk | Jonathan Luxmoore

CHURCH leaders in Spain have accused the socialist government of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, of violating a new accord by restricting the religious character of a Civil War memorial site. The Sánchez government, elected in 2018, has undertaken a £25-million project to “re-signify” the Valle de los Caídos, or Valley of the Fallen, which was constructed after the 1936-39 Civil War and contains the graves of 33,846 victims from both sides of the conflict.