Cathleen Falsani
@godgrrl.bsky.social
I tell stories and help others do the same.
Author | Occasional journalist | Creative consultant |
Alum Chicago Sun-Times, @sojo.net, OC Register, @RNS.org, etc | Irish citizen |
Substack: Falsani.com | Biz: SinnersAndSaintsCreative.com
Author | Occasional journalist | Creative consultant |
Alum Chicago Sun-Times, @sojo.net, OC Register, @RNS.org, etc | Irish citizen |
Substack: Falsani.com | Biz: SinnersAndSaintsCreative.com
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Cathleen Falsani
@godgrrl.bsky.social
· Apr 21
I'm so grateful for his light. I'm so saddened that it's no longer here to help light our way through this terribly dark era.
Pope Francis was singular. HIs love was immense. His legacy, eternal. He wanted to be a "shepherd with the smell of the sheep" on him. And he cared for them relentlessly.
Pope Francis was singular. HIs love was immense. His legacy, eternal. He wanted to be a "shepherd with the smell of the sheep" on him. And he cared for them relentlessly.
September 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here
August 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pritzker: Over the last four years, we have seen homicides drop in half. That’s something the President should pay attention to. I know he doesn’t read but I know he watches TV so perhaps if someone from Fox or Newsmax is here
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Gov. Pritzker: “Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump…asked for me personally to say, ‘Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?’ Instead, I say, ‘Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here.’”
August 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Gov. Pritzker: “Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump…asked for me personally to say, ‘Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city?’ Instead, I say, ‘Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed here.’”
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Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Bowser: "Chief Pamela Smith is the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department. And its 3,100 members work under her direction."
August 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Bowser: "Chief Pamela Smith is the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department. And its 3,100 members work under her direction."
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I placed my order On Amazon. Seperation of Church and Hate by @JohnFugelsang #Amazon
Must read. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Must read. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I placed my order On Amazon. Seperation of Church and Hate by @JohnFugelsang #Amazon
Must read. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Must read. @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
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Reporter: The president threatened to use not just the National Guard but the military.
Bowser: I think I speak for all Americans, we don't believe it is legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil.
Bowser: I think I speak for all Americans, we don't believe it is legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil.
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Reporter: The president threatened to use not just the National Guard but the military.
Bowser: I think I speak for all Americans, we don't believe it is legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil.
Bowser: I think I speak for all Americans, we don't believe it is legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil.
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Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
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The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
August 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
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Fuck it.
I’m releasing these.
The police seized all of my lasers during this operation. I have a court date in my future. #FreeLordLaser #FreeLadyLaser
I will tell the whole story later. But it was all worth it to release these images on this day.
“Good men must not obey the law too well.”
I’m releasing these.
The police seized all of my lasers during this operation. I have a court date in my future. #FreeLordLaser #FreeLadyLaser
I will tell the whole story later. But it was all worth it to release these images on this day.
“Good men must not obey the law too well.”
August 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Fuck it.
I’m releasing these.
The police seized all of my lasers during this operation. I have a court date in my future. #FreeLordLaser #FreeLadyLaser
I will tell the whole story later. But it was all worth it to release these images on this day.
“Good men must not obey the law too well.”
I’m releasing these.
The police seized all of my lasers during this operation. I have a court date in my future. #FreeLordLaser #FreeLadyLaser
I will tell the whole story later. But it was all worth it to release these images on this day.
“Good men must not obey the law too well.”
Reposted by Cathleen Falsani
DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO GET FOOD AND WATER IN TO GAZA.
This is from Lemkin Institute begging..... we are all begging.
This is from Lemkin Institute begging..... we are all begging.
July 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO GET FOOD AND WATER IN TO GAZA.
This is from Lemkin Institute begging..... we are all begging.
This is from Lemkin Institute begging..... we are all begging.
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Looking for recommendations for *humorous Irish novels*, please and thank you.
July 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Looking for recommendations for *humorous Irish novels*, please and thank you.
Today's story: Pope Leo XIV, Tennis, and Sinner(s)
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@suntimes.bsky.social
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LINK: chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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LINK: chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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Tennis lover Pope Leo XIV holds court with Jannik Sinner
The new pontiff received the Italian tennis star ranked No. 1 in the world by Association of Tennis Professionals in a room near the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall.
chicago.suntimes.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Today's story: Pope Leo XIV, Tennis, and Sinner(s)
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LINK: chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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Today's story from Vatican City. I'm so grateful to these lovely people for taking the time to share the story of their friendship with Pope Leo XIV (and the arc of a long friendship told in selfies and precious memories.)
LINK: chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
LINK: chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
May 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today's story from Vatican City. I'm so grateful to these lovely people for taking the time to share the story of their friendship with Pope Leo XIV (and the arc of a long friendship told in selfies and precious memories.)
LINK: chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
LINK: chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
And pulling up the rear, story #3 — #LesterHolt 's encounter with #PopeLeoXIV during Monday's audience with the world's media (and how the new pontiff says he won't be heading home to the US or Chicago any time soon)...
chicago.suntimes.com/.../pope-leo....
@chicago.suntimes.com
chicago.suntimes.com/.../pope-leo....
@chicago.suntimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
And pulling up the rear, story #3 — #LesterHolt 's encounter with #PopeLeoXIV during Monday's audience with the world's media (and how the new pontiff says he won't be heading home to the US or Chicago any time soon)...
chicago.suntimes.com/.../pope-leo....
@chicago.suntimes.com
chicago.suntimes.com/.../pope-leo....
@chicago.suntimes.com
Second story of my first day of coverage from the Vatican (bonus points if you can spot me in the story 👀🤣)
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
#PopeLeoXIV
@pressfreedom.bsky.social
@chicago.suntimes.com
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
#PopeLeoXIV
@pressfreedom.bsky.social
@chicago.suntimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Second story of my first day of coverage from the Vatican (bonus points if you can spot me in the story 👀🤣)
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
#PopeLeoXIV
@pressfreedom.bsky.social
@chicago.suntimes.com
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
#PopeLeoXIV
@pressfreedom.bsky.social
@chicago.suntimes.com
I dusted off my fedora and headed to Rome this week to cover the #PopeLeoXIV festivities for my alma mater @chicago.suntimes.com
Here's my first dispatch (and the first words I've written for the Sun-Times in 15 years!)
Of course, it's a papal baseball story.
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
Here's my first dispatch (and the first words I've written for the Sun-Times in 15 years!)
Of course, it's a papal baseball story.
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
Pope Leo asks fan 'Sox or Cubs?' as he signs a baseball
After waiting in line at the Vatican, Jason Perash of Colorado got the pontiff to autograph a ball. The pope is reportedly a Chicago White Sox fan.
chicago.suntimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dusted off my fedora and headed to Rome this week to cover the #PopeLeoXIV festivities for my alma mater @chicago.suntimes.com
Here's my first dispatch (and the first words I've written for the Sun-Times in 15 years!)
Of course, it's a papal baseball story.
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
Here's my first dispatch (and the first words I've written for the Sun-Times in 15 years!)
Of course, it's a papal baseball story.
chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...
I'm so grateful for his light. I'm so saddened that it's no longer here to help light our way through this terribly dark era.
Pope Francis was singular. HIs love was immense. His legacy, eternal. He wanted to be a "shepherd with the smell of the sheep" on him. And he cared for them relentlessly.
Pope Francis was singular. HIs love was immense. His legacy, eternal. He wanted to be a "shepherd with the smell of the sheep" on him. And he cared for them relentlessly.
April 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I'm so grateful for his light. I'm so saddened that it's no longer here to help light our way through this terribly dark era.
Pope Francis was singular. HIs love was immense. His legacy, eternal. He wanted to be a "shepherd with the smell of the sheep" on him. And he cared for them relentlessly.
Pope Francis was singular. HIs love was immense. His legacy, eternal. He wanted to be a "shepherd with the smell of the sheep" on him. And he cared for them relentlessly.
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This is gold. Thank you, Brian Eno. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7C...
Brian Eno perfectly explains selfishness of the super rich
YouTube video by Peeps
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March 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is gold. Thank you, Brian Eno. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7C...
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Anxious people: greetings! I narrate this animated reel from @nytimes.com x NYT Magazine about agoraphobia and panic attacks and the healing power of the grocery store. Please enjoy and share. Animation by Nata Metlukh (full essay available in print & online.)
www.instagram.com/reel/DHriSHE...
www.instagram.com/reel/DHriSHE...
March 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Anxious people: greetings! I narrate this animated reel from @nytimes.com x NYT Magazine about agoraphobia and panic attacks and the healing power of the grocery store. Please enjoy and share. Animation by Nata Metlukh (full essay available in print & online.)
www.instagram.com/reel/DHriSHE...
www.instagram.com/reel/DHriSHE...
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"Nothing will ultimately save you on this current trajectory. Your whiteness will not save you. Your maleness will not save you. Being straight or cisgender will not save you. Attending church every Sunday will not save you."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/you-are-no...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/you-are-no...
You Are Not Special in a Fascist State
I promise you that.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Nothing will ultimately save you on this current trajectory. Your whiteness will not save you. Your maleness will not save you. Being straight or cisgender will not save you. Attending church every Sunday will not save you."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/you-are-no...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/you-are-no...