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]