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Biografiy
Mauro Leonardi (Como, 4 april 1959) is an italian priest, writer and commentator. In 1988 he was ordained a priest by St. John Paul II and has since lived in Rome. Since 2015 he lives in the suburban district of the italian capital, where he does his pastoral work. He's the chaplain of a high school and collaborates with his ministry in a parish in the same neighborhood.

His first novel is Quare, a science fiction novel (Ares, 2000). In 2003 he released Half an hour of prayer (in italian Mezz'ora di orazione, Ares). In 2011 comes to light Like Jesus (in italian Come Gesù, Ares), which gives its name to his blog. In 2012 he released his second novel, Abelis (Lindau). The Lord of Dreams (in italian Il Signore dei Sogni, Ares, 2015) is his last essay. From 6 December 2013 to 11 November 2016 he publishes on his blog a collection of 152 poems, entitled The diary of Paci (in italian Il diario di Paci). The most famous poem is "Love is not enough to love" (in italian L'amore non basta per amare), erroneously attributed to Frida Kahlo.

Activity
His blog Come Gesù (in english  Like Jesus) is online since 2011. He writes regularly in some Spanish and Italian newspapers as a Agi (A Governmental information agency), the Italian edition of Metro International and in the daily newspaper of the Episcopal Conference of Italy (Avvenire). He writes columns on several family weeklies. He also intervened during some television broadcasts of entertainment and current debate.

Disputes
He has been the subject of numerous controversies by some Catholics who say that Leonardi wants to change the Catechism of the Catholic Church on the issue of homosexuality: on the contrary he says that, following the teachings of Pope Francis, simply look respectfully at this reality.

Works

 * Quare (Ares, 2000, ISBN 88-8155-195-0)
 * Mezz'ora di orazione (Ares, 2003, ISBN 978-88-8155-646-5)
 * Come Gesù (Ares, 2011, ISBN 978-88-8155-533-8)
 * Abelis (Lindau, 2012, ISBN 978-88-7180-998-4)
 * Il Signore dei Sogni (Ares, 2015, ISBN 978-88-8155-672-4)