Heidi Schlumpf, Senior Correspondent
Heidi Schlumpf became Commonweal’s senior correspondent in 2025. She also is a co-host of The Francis Effect Podcast and a part-time faculty member in theology at Loyola University Chicago. She previously spent sixteen years at the National Catholic Reporter as a columnist, correspondent and executive editor/vice president. Schlumpf has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s in theological studies from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary at Northwestern University. She is based in Chicago and can be reached at [email protected].