Falasca Stefania

Journalist, essayist, columnist for ‘Avvenire’, she obtained her PhD in Italian studies at the University of Rome Tor Vergata with a thesis on the sermo humilis and literary references in the writings of Pope Luciani. She was editor of the international magazine ‘30Days in the Church and in the World’. In the context of her journalistic activity, she has dealt with historical and cultural issues, in-depth monographs on important figures in the history of Christianity and conducted numerous interviews and reports, particularly from Latin America. He collaborated as a consultant with the Rai 3 programme La Grande Storia for which he edited the series I papi del Novecento and the film-documentary La croce e la svastica (2008). Postulator of the Causes of Saints since 2005, she is currently in charge of the preparation and drafting of the Positio super virtutibus of John Paul I. Her books include Mio fratello Albino – Ricordi e memorie della sorella di Papa Luciani (ed. 30Days 2003); Un vescovo contro Hitler. Von Galen, Pio XII e la resistenza al nazismo (Cinisello Balsamo 2006); Giovanni XXIII, in una carezza la rivoluzione – Perché è santo. Storia di una canonizzazione voluta da Papa Francesco (Rizzoli 2014) and Itinerari dello Spirito – La Roma cristiana (Cinisello Balsamo 2014).