[1] In 2003, he created a religious association called "Confraternita Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo" (Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel), formed by priests and laymen devoted to a life of personal prayer and spiritual reading.

[1] During his 27 years of teaching at the Faculty of Theology of Palermo, he dedicated himself to dogmatic theology and later to spirituality, publishing the results of his research in articles, volumes and reviews; including a 2009 book published by Glossa Editrice, a translation, with an introduction and notes, of the "La pratica facile per elevare l'anima a Dio" (The Easy Practice to Elevate One’s Soul to God) of the 17th century French mystic Francois Malaval.

[3] Moderator of the pious Confraternity Beata Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo, he is also a bishop delegate for Ecumenism and the Interreligious Dialogue in the Sicilian Episcopal Conference and a Vice-President of the Preparatory Committee of the 5th Convention of Italian Church, held in Florence in 2015.

[1] On 26 July 2011 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as the Bishop of Acireale, succeeding Archbishop Pio Vittorio Vigo, who had retired on grounds of age.

[8] Bishop Raspanti has written and edited more than 50 books about theological, philosophical and literary subjects, among which include studies on Pico della Mirandola, Teresa di Lisieux, Pina Suriano, Giacomo Cusmano, Cataldo Naro and Gesualdo Bufalino.