Mauro Castagnaro

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]

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]

• 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