Kenneth L. Woodward (born 5 October 1935) is an American Roman Catholic writer.

Woodward married Elizabeth 'Betty' Drey on 6 September 1959, and the couple had two boys and one daughter.

[3] Woodward has described John Paul's Theology of the Body as "a highly romantic and unrealistic view of human sexuality.

"[2] Woodward claimed that the ‘Devil’s advocate’ system was bypassed and hostile witnesses were not called during the Canonization of Josemaría Escrivá.

He has contributed to such periodicals as America, Commonweal, The Nation, Smithsonian, Psychology Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, First Things, Concilium, and The Christian Century.