Kenneth L. Woodward

Author of Making Saints and contributing editor for Newsweek

Kenneth L. Woodward appears in the following:

Religion and Politics from Eisenhower to Obama

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Does religion matter in this election cycle at all?

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Demystifying Sainthood

Friday, October 15, 2010

On Sunday, Australia will have its own saint when Mary MacKillop, an Australian nun who died in 1909, is sanctified by the Vatican. We speak with former Newsweek religion editor Kenneth Woodward about Catholic hagiography, the process of becoming a saint, and why it took over 100 years for MacKillop. Woodward is the author of "Making Saints: How The Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes A Saint, Who Doesn't, And Why."

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Pope Pius XII One Step Closer to Sainthood

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI has signed a decree that shifts World War II-era Pope Pius XII one step closer to sainthood. But there are some in the Jewish community who say that Pius did little ...

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The Passion

Saturday, March 06, 2004

Kurt talks to New Yorker critic David Denby and Newsweek religion writer Ken Woodward about Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of the Christ. Woodward says the film brings back an “edginess” that’s been missing from contemporary Christianity. Denby called the movie a “sickening death trip.” 

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White House Reporters

Sunday, February 07, 1993

On the Media debuts!

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