Mauro Castagnaro (born 1963 in
Crema,
Italy) is an Italian journalist, editor, author and
political scientist specialising in economic, social, political and ecclesial affairs in
Latin America.[1][2] He is the author, with Ludovica Eugenio, of the first of the many books that would eventually appear dealing with the papacy of
Pope Francis: Dissent Stifled: an agenda for Pope Francis (Italian: Il Dissenso Soffocato: un’agenda per Papa Francesco,) published by La Meridiana (2013).[3][4] He is vice-president of the Italian section of the controversial
We Are Church international movement, which campaigns for widespread reform in the
Roman Catholic Church.[5][6]
Early life and work
Mauro Castagnaro was born in
Crema in 1963. He graduated from the
University of Milan with a degree in
Political Science. He worked as an editor for Servizio Informazione America Latina (SIAL) (English: Latin American Information Service).[7] A prolific writer on contemporary religious questions, he is currently editor of the
Xaverian Brothers magazine Mission Today (Italian: Missione Oggi)[8] and a contributor to several Italian periodicals such as Il Regno,[9]Jesus,[10] and Popoli.[11] Mauro Castagnaro's work mainly focuses on socio-economic and political issues in Latin America, especially as these relate to the
Roman Catholic Church,
fringe Catholicism,
Catholic dissent and
Independent Catholicism.[12] He has contributed to a range of publications for
We Are Church including Eucharist Without Priests?[13]
Selected bibliography
Mauro Castagnaro (interview with) in Maria Caterina Cifatte, Sensibilità Maschili: Punti di vista sul femminismo e sulla parzialità di genere, I Segni dei Gabrielli Editori, San Pietro in Caviano (Verona) 2008
Mauro Castagnaro and Ludovica Eugenio, Il Dissenso Soffocato: un’agenda per Papa Francesco, La Meridiana, Molfetta (Bari), 2013
Mauro Castagnaro (foreword) in
Edward Jarvis, Carlos Duarte Costa: testament of a socialist bishop, Apocryphile Press, Berkeley (California), 2019
References
^Maria Caterina Cifatte, Sensibilità Maschili: Punti di vista sul femminismo e sulla parzialità di genere, I Segni dei Gabrielli Editori, San Pietro in Caviano (Verona) 2008, p 24
^Maria Caterina Cifatte, Sensibilità Maschili: Punti di vista sul femminismo e sulla parzialità di genere, I Segni dei Gabrielli Editori, San Pietro in Caviano (Verona) 2008, p 24