Author: Massimo Battaglio

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But does Papa Leone close to LGBT+themes?

Reflections of Massimo Battaglio Sorry having to talk about the Buriana who has agitated in these days the media and social networks about nine words not even so ambiguous pronounced by Pope Leo during an articulated speech to the diplomatic body of the Holy See. But it is a must. The words are as follows: "Family, founded on the stable union between man and woman" the speech ...

2025 / Pastoral experiences / In Vigil

When prayer comes to life. From the vigil for the victims of the homotransphobia in Turin

Reflections of Massino Battaglio The cold numbers say a lot. Combined with music, they say even more. So began (Monday 12 May 2025) the vigil for the victims of Omotransphobia in Turin: a very cold reading of all the homophobic facts recorded on homophobia.org in the last year (the same as reported in our recent article "A violence that no longer makes news") ....

The debate in the Churches

Postponed to November. The CEI and the synodal mouse

Reflections by Massimo Battaglio is useless that Mons. Castellucci, president of the National Committee of the Synod Way, we turn around so much. His words said in narrow ecclesial, in which he flaunted serenity after the rejection of the final document of the Italian Synod, shows feelings very others. He is perfectly aware that the forty pages of scuffle born from the presidency were not ...

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Preti Influencers? Also not!

Reflections by Massimo Battaglio is circulating the news on the bravate of Don Ambrogio Mazzai in Vercelli, the influencer priest well known to Tik-Tok users who, invited by the Municipality of Vercelli to talk about communication in middle schools, during his meeting with children, let himself go to phrases at the limits of homophobia. In fact, he said that couples ...

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Let's give the numbers: the victims of homotransphobia in 2024

Reflections by Massimo Battaglio of the omofobia.org project 2024 ends with two bad episodes of homophobia which occurred in the last days of the year, in Turin and Rome respectively: Turin, 29/12/2024: Leaving a gay evening, two boys are surrounded by six thugs and beaten to death. One also had the two cell phones he had with him stolen. THE...

Traces of reflection

Hail Mary and the rebel Madonna who says YES

Reflections by Massimo Battaglio A friend YouTuber, Alberto Camposs, a few months ago, published some videos in which he has made some beautiful reflections on the figure of Mary. He started from Michela Murgia's book "Ave Mary / and the Church invented the woman" and launched some simple messages, which fit perfectly in these days around the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The...