Jonathan Woodward
Jonathan Woodward is the podcast producer at Religion News Service.
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RNS Morning Report: Nuns on Sex Abuse; Muslims Democratic Delegates; ‘Black Is King’
By Jonathan Woodward — August 5, 2020
Nuns look up at Pope Francis delivering his blessing during the Regina Coeli prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, on April 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
RNS Morning Report: USAID Official Quits; NYC Church Reparations; Billy Graham Statue
By Jonathan Woodward — August 4, 2020
Relief supplies from the U.S. Agency for International Development are loaded for transport to the country of Burma, May 12, 2008, at the Yangon International Airport. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andres Alcaraz/Creative Commons)
RNS Morning Report: Lama Surya Das on Misconduct Allegations; Dismukes Resigns; Pilgrims at Home
By Jonathan Woodward — July 31, 2020
Lama Surya Das speaks in a February 2016 video from the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat in the Bahamas. Video screengrab
RNS Morning Report: Addressing Racial Justice; Pastor John Ortberg Resigns; 40 Days of Teshuvah
By Jonathan Woodward — July 30, 2020
People raise their fists during a rally, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Las Vegas, against police brutality sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/John Locher)
RNS Morning Report: Nantes Arson Fuels Fear; Illinois Imam Resigns; Heuertz Allegations Refuted
By Jonathan Woodward — July 29, 2020
Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze at the gothic St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral, in Nantes, western France, on July 18, 2020. The fire shattered stained-glass windows and sent black smoke spewing from between its two 15th century towers. (AP Photo/Laetitia Notarianni)
RNS Morning Report: Rebuilding Timbuktu; Barbecue Baptist Church; Grace Community Church Defies Bans
By Jonathan Woodward — July 28, 2020
Zakiyyah Ali, top left, hosts a virtual Rebuilding Timbuktu session featuring playwright Shaun Neblett, bottom left, on July 23, 2020. Video screengrab
RNS Morning Report: Yoho Resigns from Charity Board; In-Person Services; Clergy on ‘The New Normal’
By Jonathan Woodward — July 27, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the Women’s March Alliance, on Jan. 19, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
RNS Morning Report: Bread for the World on Yoho; Movement Chaplains; Clergy Resistance in Portland
By Jonathan Woodward — July 24, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during the Women’s March Alliance, on Jan. 19, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
RNS Morning Report: House Passes No Ban Act; ‘Wall of Moms’ Teargassed; Teachers on SCOTUS Ruling
By Jonathan Woodward — July 23, 2020
Rep. Rashida Tlaib claps in celebration on Wed. July 22, 2020 after the House of Representatives successfully voted 233-183 to repeal several travel bans against several African and Muslim-majority nations put in place by the Trump administration. Screengrab from a tweet shared by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.
RNS Morning Report: Faith Leaders on Reopening; Divine Comedy Sculpture; Pastor Ashlee Eiland
By Jonathan Woodward — July 22, 2020
A worshipper offers Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan on May 24, 2020. Muslims worldwide celebrated one of their biggest holidays under the long shadow of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
RNS Morning Report: Biden Addresses Muslim Voters; Transgender Seminarians; Rejecting Hate
By Jonathan Woodward — July 21, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit on March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
RNS Morning Report: Rep. John Lewis Dies; John Powell Killed in Accident; Remembering C.T. Vivian
By Jonathan Woodward — July 20, 2020
In this Nov. 18, 2016, file photo, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., poses for a photograph under a quote of his that is displayed in the Civil Rights Room in the Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
RNS Morning Report: Faith Leaders Decry Death Penalty; Muslim Women Sci-Fi Authors; CA Governor Sued
By Jonathan Woodward — July 17, 2020
Protesters against the death penalty gather in Terre Haute, Indiana, on July 15, 2020. Wesley Ira Purkey, convicted of a gruesome 1998 kidnapping and killing, was executed Thursday morning at the federal prison in Terre Haute. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
RNS Morning Report: LA Catholic Schools to Open; Onwuchekwa Leaves SBC; Bellevue Baptist Lawsuit
By Jonathan Woodward — July 16, 2020
In this July 18, 2012, file photo, a student staples colored paper to the wall of a classroom after summer school at Our Lady of Lourdes in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Grant Hindsley)
RNS Morning Report: Anti-Trump Religious Ads; Serve the Moment; Aundi Kolber on ‘Trying Softer’
By Jonathan Woodward — July 15, 2020
President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John’s Church across Lafayette Park from the White House on June 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
