1. Cathleen Falsani was the 2005 Religion Writer of the Year, as awarded by the Religion Newswriters Association, and has twice been a finalist for the Templeton Religion Reporter of the Year award.
11 Facts About Cathleen Falsani
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Cathleen Falsani was born into a Roman Catholic family of Irish and Italian descent, but her parents left the Catholic church when she was 10 years old.
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Cathleen Falsani attended Christian Heritage School, an evangelical Christian prep school in Trumbull, Connecticut, graduating in 1988.
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Cathleen Falsani is the author of The God Factor: Inside the Spiritual Lives of Public People, a collection of 32 spiritual profiles of famous "culture shapers" including Bono, Elie Wiesel, Anne Rice, Hakeem Olajuwon.
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Cathleen Falsani joined the Chicago Sun-Times in September 2000, and served as the paper's religion reporter until 2007, continuing on as its religion columnist until January 13,2010.
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Cathleen Falsani wrote, Sin Boldly: A Field Guide For Grace a spiritual memoir and travelogue and The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers, both published by Zondervan.
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Cathleen Falsani is a correspondent and columnist for Religion News Service and a featured writer and correspondent for Sojourners.
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Cathleen Falsani was web editor and director of new media for Sojourners from 2011 to 2012.
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Cathleen Falsani was the staff "faith and values" columnist for the Orange County Register from 2013 to 2014.
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In March 2004, Cathleen Falsani conducted an interview with Barack Obama.
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The granddaughter of Italian and Irish immigrants, Cathleen Falsani was born and raised in Connecticut.