Andy Drozdziak

Andy Drozdziak

Andy Drozdziak is based in Barnard Castle in North East England, UK. He currently edits www.charisuk.com, the website for Catholic Charismatic Renewal in England and Wales, and has been published in a variety of outlets, including The Tablet, The Irish Catholic and Premier Christianity magazine.

Articles by Andy Drozdziak

Gilmour Street train station in Paisley, Scotland. Credit: Lachlan1/Shutterstock

New president of Scottish bishops’ conference joins ‘railway mission’

Nov 17, 2024 / 06:00 am

Bishop John Keenan, the new leader of the Church in Scotland as of Nov. 4, recently participated in the mission of Rail Pastors in Inverclyde, Scotland.

Archbishop John Wilson of Southwark. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk

UK bishops continue to speak out after release of assisted suicide bill text

Nov 14, 2024 / 12:40 pm

Following the release of the text of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, the bishops of England and Wales continue to urge Catholics to “raise their voices.”

Bishop-elect Philip Moger from the Archdiocese of Southwark was due to be installed Nov. 9, 2024, but suddenly announced the “delay” to his installation just days before it was due to take place. Credit: ©Mazur/cbcew.org.uk

Installation of new bishop in England deferred for a second time

Nov 12, 2024 / 12:25 pm

For the second time in less than a year, the installation of a bishop has been deferred in the Diocese of Plymouth, England.

Archbishop Mark O’Toole of the Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk

Archbishop praises Welsh Parliament’s rejection of motion to legalize assisted suicide

Oct 28, 2024 / 11:15 am

The motion in the Welsh Parliament, known as the Senedd, proposed a new law to legalize assisted dying in Wales and England, but it was defeated on Oct. 23.

The Cathedral Church of St. Barnabas in Nottingham, England, U.K. Credit: Kevin George/Shutterstock

UK bishop responds to report saying Catholics reduced Mass attendance due to abuse crisis

Oct 19, 2024 / 06:00 am

A recent study in the U.K. showed that a third of Catholics who previously went to Mass have reduced their attendance or stopped going altogether.

English Catholic anti-euthanasia campaigner Matthew Schellhorn talks with “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Tracy Sabol on Oct. 14, 2024. Credit: "EWTN News Nightly"/Screenshot

UK leaders hit back at plan to introduce assisted suicide

Oct 16, 2024 / 13:45 pm

Catholic leaders in the U.K. have hit back at plans to introduce assisted suicide in England and Wales in a key debate.

Campaigners against assisted dying gather outside the Houses of Parliament ahead of a House of Commons vote that rejected the legislation on Sept., 11, 2015, in London. Members of Parliament have voted 330 to 118 against a bill that would have allowed doctors to help some terminally ill people end their lives. Campaigners from both sides of the debate gathered outside Parliament, holding placards and voicing their opinions ahead of the first House of Commons vote on assisted dying for 20 years. Credit: Rob Stothard/Getty Images

Church leaders in UK call for ‘no’ vote on assisted dying bill

Oct 4, 2024 / 15:15 pm

U.K. Church and pro-life leaders have warned Prime Minister Keir Starmer that plans to introduce assisted suicide will put vulnerable people at risk.

The rector of the Walsingham shrine, Father Robert Billing. The feast day of Our Lady of Walsingham was celebrated Sept. 24, 2024, in England for the first time. Credit: The Catholic National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady

Catholics celebrate first feast day of Our Lady of Walsingham in England

Sep 24, 2024 / 13:55 pm

The feast day of Our Lady of Walsingham was celebrated today for the first time in England.

Fishing boats moored in Brixham harbor on March 2, 2016, in Devon, England. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Catholic group calls for end to modern-day slavery, trafficking on UK fishing boats

Sep 20, 2024 / 06:00 am

Last month, BBC One Scotland aired “Disclosure: Slavery at Sea,” which accuses the Scottish fishing company TN Trawlers of modern-day slavery and trafficking. 

Blackrock College in Dublin, May 30, 2009. Extensive abuse took place at Blackrock College according to a 2022 radio documentary called “Blackrock Boys.” The Scoping Inquiry was set up in the aftermath of the relrease of the documentary. Credit: Sarah777, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Investigation to open in Ireland after 2,300 abuse allegations in religious-run schools

Sep 10, 2024 / 15:35 pm

The announcement comes as a report from the Irish government revealed that 2,395 allegations of abuse had been made in 308 schools between 1927 and 2013.