This inner voice urged him to gather other priests who would be willing to consecrate themselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and be strongly united with the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
In July 1973, Gobbi began to write his reported interior locutions as messages which he attributed to the Virgin Mary.
[3] As to the writings of Father Gobbi, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has advised "that they are not the words of our Blessed Mother, but his private meditations for which he assumes all the theological, spiritual and pastoral responsibility".
[4] Prior to his death, Gobbi was officially based in Milan, but continued to travel worldwide to hold prayer cenacles and promote the cause of the Marian Movement.
On 28 March 2024, an official communique of the Marian Movement of Priests informed on the fact that the beatification process of Gobbi has not yet been opened and preliminary procedures require time.