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Can doctrine be changed? Another look at Pope Leo's comment on LGBTQ+ Catholics

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 4d

Pay attention. Trump thinks he can cancel the 1st amendment.

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 6d

Dan Horan on the development of doctrine and his belief that "the Holy Spirit will inevitably prevail."

www.ncronline.org/opinion/can-...

Reflecting on Pope Leo's recent comment in an interview, Daniel Horan suggests we look to history for the ways in which changing attitudes did eventually result in changing doctrine.

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 8d

What's interesting to me about this is that Leo was taking questions from a journalist --and we didn't even have to wait for a plane trip!
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Pope weighs in on Durbin controversy hours before senator declines award

Pope Leo XIV waded into a leadership controversy in the United States on Tuesday, mere hours before the dispute became largely academic.

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 8d

"A prominent Church leader and a U.S. senator, brought together to speak for immigrants would have brought a lot of attention to the problem. That opportunity is gone now. All the attention has been wrested away to abortion." --Steven Millies
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"Millions of Abortions Have Continued"

Abortion Cancel Culture Wins Again. What Was Gained?

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 14d

New episode of the Francis Effect podcast: Heidi, Daniel and David discuss Pope Leo's first interview and the effects on free speech after recent bouts of alleged political violence. Also, my interview with sociologist Tricia Bruce about synodality.

francisfxpod.com/current/2511

Pope Leo's long interview, free speech fallout, and Tricia Bruce on synodality — The Francis Effect

Heidi, Daniel, and David explore what we might learn from the first official interviews with the Holy Father. We then turn to the recent bouts of alleged political violence and the chilling effects on...

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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · 14d

At a People's Mass outside a reported ICE hub, clergy and community members preached a God who stands with the oppressed.

Reporting from @heidischlumpf.bsky.social:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/chicago-ice-...

Fear Not

At a People's Mass outside a reported ICE hub, clergy and community members preached a God who stands with the oppressed.

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 15d

Whoa

Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 21d

"But that freedom is in greater peril every day—and the biggest threat to it now is not sporadic political violence, but the Trump administration’s escalating efforts to punish and even criminalize political dissent—in schools and universities, online and in the press, everywhere." -Dominic Preziosi

Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 21d

"We remain lucky (for now) to live in a country where Kirk was free to say whatever he wanted, as ugly as it often was. The importance of this freedom is one of many reasons we should all condemn his assassination." --Dominic Preziosi

MAGA partisans cannot plausibly celebrate Kirk as a champion of free speech while threatening to silence anyone who dares to criticize him.

Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · 21d

If you don't already subscribe to Commonweal, you should based on this essay by editor Dominic Preziosi alone:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/preziosi-kir...

American Babel

Still Positive on Synodality

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Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · 28d

Scholars gathered at the sociology of religion meeting in Chicago still saw synodality as the most encouraging cause for hope in the American Church.

New reporting from @heidischlumpf.bsky.social:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/schlumpf-soc...

Scholars gathered at the sociology of religion meeting in Chicago still saw synodality as the most encouraging cause for hope in the American Church.

Leo gives first exclusive interview to Crux correspondent for new bio

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · Sep 8

My latest reflection at US Catholic magazine, where I manage to work in decluttering for Jesus.
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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · Sep 8

CONGRATS to Elise Ann Allen of Crux for landing the first interview with Pope Leo XIV!!
cruxnow.com/vatican/2025...

Notoriously media-shy Pope Leo XIV has given his first-ever papal interview to Crux Senior Correspondent Elise Ann Allen as part of her new biography of the pontiff.

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · Sep 2

The shift among women voters is at least partially the result of a decade-long process of Trumpism becoming “normalized,” said Steven P. Millies, professor of public theology and director of the Bernardin Center at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. @stevenpmillies.com

Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · Sep 2

“A lot of what you’re seeing among Catholic women is an amplification of overall voting trends among white women,” said Michelle Nickerson, professor of history at Loyola University Chicago @micnick.bsky.social

Are Catholic Women Turning to Trump?

Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · Sep 2

Although conservative women often cite their religious faith to justify their votes and may have heard pro-Trump, or at least pro-Republican, messages in their churches, many analysts think the move toward MAGA among Christian women has little to do with religion.

Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · Sep 2

My essay in Commonweal: www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-maga-c...

In 2024, Trump made gains among men of all ages, races, and most religious persuasions. But he also made significant inroads among some women—especially Catholic women.

Labor Day and Catholic teaching esteem a better kind of politics. Militarizing our cities isn't it.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · Aug 28

Labor Day is for workers, not an occupation.

religionnews.com/2025/08/28/l...

(RNS) — Believers know that this is not how we are meant to live with one another.

Are Catholic Women Turning to Trump?

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · Aug 29

My latest for Commonweal: the gender gap has narrowed among Catholic and evangelical women, especially white women:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/trump-maga-c...

In 2024, Trump made gains among men of all ages, races, and most religious persuasions. But he also made significant inroads among some women—especially Catholic women.

Our summer, Trump's summer, and an interview with Archbishop Wester — The Francis Effect

Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Francis Effect podcast is back for its 17th season and its first episode dropped today. It includes an interview with Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe, New Mexico, about nuclear disarmament. Check it out:
francisfxpod.com/current/2509

Heidi, Daniel, and David catch up on the many projects and changes they've been working on over the summer break. They also recap the many moves of the Trump administration and what they might mean fo...

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Archbishop's win at 'Alligator Alcatraz' exposes GOP religious freedom hypocrisy

Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · Aug 28

Excited to be in the print edition of Commonweal!

Commonweal @commonweal.bsky.social · Aug 27

The September issue is here! Inside:
- @susanbreynolds.bsky.social on Trump and Pinochet
- Phil Christman on economics and Christianity
- @heidischlumpf.bsky.social on Catholic 'mom bloggers'
- Lynn Casteel Harper on the virtues of solitude
And more!
www.commonwealmagazine.org/issues/2025-...

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Heidi Schlumpf @heidischlumpf.bsky.social · Aug 8

"It seems like Republican support for religious freedom is selective. And, being selective, their commitment to “celebrate and protect religious freedom” looks insincere."

So glad @stevenpmillies.com is writing for @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy !

religionnews.com/2025/08/07/a...

(RNS) — This summer has brought these contradictions into sharp focus.

Catholic moms plead with their bishops to speak out on migrant detention

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · Jul 30

My colleague & friend @heidischlumpf.bsky.social is back at work here with @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy, where I also am very pleased to be contributing semi-regularly now.

These are dark days and also, for things like the Dorothea Project, encouraging too.

religionnews.com/2025/07/22/c...

(RNS) — A new online group, the Dorothea Project, aims to bring attention to Catholic social teaching.