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Heidi Schlumpf

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As seen in: Commonweal Magazine, Francis Effect podcast, CNN, MSN Canada, La Stampa, Flipboard, Mother Jones, Expansión (Mexico), The Free Library, EIN News, WLWT-TV (Cincinnati, OH), KMBC-TV (Kansas City, MO) and
Senior correspondent at Commonweal magazine; co-host of Francis Effect podcast; adjunct faculty at Loyola University Chicago hschlumpf@commonwealmagazine.com
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Will the Encyclical Reach ‘People of Goodwill’?

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By Heidi Schlumpf 
| Commonweal Magazine
Pope Leo XIV speaks to the media April 7, 2026, as he leaves the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo to head back to the Vatican (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters). Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnificas humanitas is about more than artificial intelligence, in the same way that Pope Francis’ Laudato si’ was about more than the environment and Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum—the foundational document of modern Catholic social teaching—was about more than labor and work.
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Colbert the Critic

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By Heidi Schlumpf 
| Commonweal Magazine
U.S. comedian and writer Stephen Colbert speaks with reporters in the Lapidary Gallery of the Apostolic Palace, part of the Vatican Museums, after meeting Pope Francis during an audience June 14, 2024 (CNS photo/Lola Gomez). When CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last summer, they said it was “purely a financial decision” and cited declining ad revenue, but the timing was more than suspicious.
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Leaning into Catholic Identity

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By Heidi Schlumpf 
| Commonweal Magazine
As graduates walked across the stage to receive their degrees at Lourdes University in Sylvania, Ohio, over Mother’s Day weekend, the ceremony was more poignant than usual. Lourdes is one of at least three Catholic colleges closing this year, part of a wider trend expected to claim hundreds of institutions over the next decade.
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