Kenneth L. Woodward Journalist Profile

Articles

‘We Need to Talk About People’

1 month ago | catholicoutlook.org | Dominic Preziosi |Kenneth L. Woodward

An interview with Bishop Mark SeitzDominic Preziosi: From his first trip as pope in 2013 to Lampedusa to pray for refugees and migrants lost at sea until his final moments, Pope Francis was speaking out on behalf of migrants around the world. How might his death affect what the Church is trying to do on immigration, not only in this country, but elsewhere? Bishop Mark Seitz: We lost a huge voice, someone who really understood what is going on on a worldwide scale, at levels never before seen.
Purgatorial People

Oct 23, 2024 | commonwealmagazine.org | Kenneth L. Woodward |Charles McNamara |Stephen Pope |Regina Munch

Denys Turner is professor emeritus of historical theology at Yale University and former professor of divinity at Cambridge University. Among his many books are The Darkness of God (1995), Faith Seeking (2002), and Faith, Reason and the Existence of God (2004). This interview was conducted at an April 10 event sponsored by the Lumen Christi Institute in Chicago. Kenneth L. Woodward: In your book, you argue that in the Divine Comedy, Dante the poet and Dante the theologian are one.
The Windsor Affair

Jul 19, 2024 | commonwealmagazine.org | Kenneth L. Woodward |Paul Moses |Nick Fagnant |Jonathan Malesic

The recent stealth interview with Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito was shameful—not for what Alito said, which was fairly innocuous, but for how the interview was obtained, how Alito’s statements were edited and interpreted, and, especially how the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and other mainstream media outlets chose to play it.
The Myth of White Christian Nationalism | Kenneth L. Woodward

Apr 12, 2024 | firstthings.com | Kenneth L. Woodward

In his first speech as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson sounded like a preacher in a pulpit: “I believe that Scripture, the Bible, is very clear that God is the one who raises up those in authority,” he began. “He raised up each of you, all of us.
The End of Joy in College Education

Jan 29, 2024 | americamagazine.org | Kenneth L. Woodward

Photo by Philippe Bout on UnsplashThis essay is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. In the marketplace that higher education has become, the nation’s largest universities will now offer courses in almost anything short of carjacking if their research shows there are students willing to sign up.
Pat Robertson, Seer of Virginia Beach | Kenneth L. Woodward

Jun 9, 2023 | firstthings.com | Kenneth L. Woodward

When we think of the Religious Right, that phenomenon of the 1980s and ’90s, the person that comes first to mind is Jerry Falwell, the face and voice of the Moral Majority. But the Reverend Pat Robertson, who died yesterday at age 93, belongs right next to him, although the two were never chums and could not have been more different.