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Mario Alexis Portella

Mario Alexis Portella

Mario Alexis Portella, Archdiocesan Chancellor of Florence. He has a doctorate in canon law and civil law from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome; he also holds an M. A. in Medieval History from Fordham University, as well as a B.A. in Government & Politics from St. John’s University.
Mario Alexis Portella

Mario Alexis Portella

Mario Alexis Portella, Archdiocesan Chancellor of Florence. He has a doctorate in canon law and civil law from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome; he also holds an M. A. in Medieval History from Fordham University, as well as a B.A. in Government & Politics from St. John’s University.
The Yazidis in Iraq: A Tale of a Persecuted People
POLITICS

The Yazidis in Iraq: A Tale of a Persecuted People

Like Christians, Yazidis too underwent brutal torments by the ISIS jihadists, yet their stories hardly get any coverage in the West.

Mario Alexis Portella
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03.02.2023
Eisenhower’s Warning Against Militarism: A Lesson to be Learned
OPINION

Eisenhower’s Warning Against Militarism: A Lesson to be Learned

The debate here is not one of having a strong military, which, to borrow President Woodrow Wilson’s famous phrase, is necessary to make ‘the world safe for democracy’. Rather, it is how military expenditure, or militarism, becomes an end in itself.

Mario Alexis Portella
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31.01.2023
How the Feminist Platform Has Bred Transgenderism
CULTURE & SOCIETY

How the Feminist Platform Has Bred Transgenderism

According to Firestone, ‘only through women rising up—like the proletariat—and seizing control of their bodies (e.g. the means of sexual reproduction) can the oppression of women finally come to an end.’ Transgender activists, too, have used this feminist rhetoric for their own agenda.

Mario Alexis Portella
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19.01.2023
The Taliban — Not as Poor as Meets the Eye
POLITICS

The Taliban — Not as Poor as Meets the Eye

The Taliban have been doing quite well economically through the fleecing of international humanitarian aid and making deals with draconian countries like China.

Mario Alexis Portella
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12.01.2023
Promoting the Common Good
PHILOSOPHY

Promoting the Common Good

Today our society, the Roman Church, and other ecclesiastical communities are experiencing an epidemic of confusion and moral and doctrinal disorientation, which is threatening the common good.

Mario Alexis Portella
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03.01.2023
Biden’s Dubious Chinese Policy
POLITICS

Biden’s Dubious Chinese Policy

It appears that the Biden administration’s policy to require Chinese nationals who wish to enter the US to provide a negative swab test, which does not guarantee they are Covid-free, is nothing else than a cover-up.

Mario Alexis Portella
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02.01.2023
Remembering Pope Benedict XVI
CURRENT

Remembering Pope Benedict XVI

The Pontiff Emeritus, with his controversial Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum, officially reintroduced the public celebration of the ‘Traditional Latin Mass’. He did not just restore the external beauty of the sacred liturgy, but he reminded us that contrary to so-called experts, the Tridentine Mass was never abrogated.

Mario Alexis Portella
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31.12.2022
Is There a True Desire to End the War in Ukraine?
POLITICS

Is There a True Desire to End the War in Ukraine?

President Biden seems to personally gain if the war were to go on. It would continue to keep lawmakers and the mainstream media distracted from the corruption scandal that involves his son, Hunter Biden, with Burisma—an oil and natural gas company owned by Ukrainian oligarch Mykola Zlochevsky.

Mario Alexis Portella
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28.12.2022
King Charles III’s Christmas Message: An Incentive to End the War in Ukraine
CURRENT

King Charles III’s Christmas Message: An Incentive to End the War in Ukraine

Unfortunately, the light of the star that guided the wise men to the place where the Prince of Peace was born (Matthew 2, 1-12), which Charles spoke about, is being rejected by the warring parties. Like Herod who believed that Jesus was the newborn King and refused Him, they too are not displaying any intention to be ‘men of good will’. 

Mario Alexis Portella
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27.12.2022
Mary in Islam Is Not the Same as Mary in Christianity
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Mary in Islam Is Not the Same as Mary in Christianity

Muslims do have an incredible veneration for the Mother of Jesus, as expressed in Persian art. However, there are two ‘Marys’: the Blessed Mother of Christ, and Maryam (Miryam), the prophetess of the Old Testament.

Mario Alexis Portella
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16.12.2022
How the EU and the US Abetted Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity
POLITICS

How the EU and the US Abetted Iran’s Crimes Against Humanity

While the European Union is castigating Hungary, specifically with the recommendation to freeze €7.5 billion in funds over rule of law concerns, it has been abetting the Islamic Republic of Iran’s crimes against humanity—and the same can be said for the United States.

Mario Alexis Portella
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12.12.2022
The Limits of Religious Freedom
CURRENT

The Limits of Religious Freedom

A peaceful ‘cohabitation’ between the Christian West (whatever may be left of it) and Islam has been shown to be historically destructive. Unlike Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Western leaders and churchmen alike have continually turned a blind eye to this.

Mario Alexis Portella
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11.12.2022
Inequality of Women in the Islamic World: What Critics Refuse to Address
CURRENT

Inequality of Women in the Islamic World: What Critics Refuse to Address

Institutional misogyny is one of the pillars of Iran’s Islamic theocracy—as is in the rest of the Islamic world where the sharia has precedence.

Mario Alexis Portella
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06.12.2022
My Two Dads, My Two Mums: The Delusion of ‘Same-Sex’ Marriages
CURRENT

My Two Dads, My Two Mums: The Delusion of ‘Same-Sex’ Marriages

Marriage is the mutual commitment of a man and a woman with the intention to accept the unity and indissolubility of the spouses, with the end of procreating and properly raising offspring. It is not the desire to emotionally and physically share intimacy.

Mario Alexis Portella
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02.12.2022
St Thomas More: A Model for Politicians and Statesmen
OPINION

St Thomas More: A Model for Politicians and Statesmen

The claim by politicians that our outward actions do not have to reflect our conscience because they are afraid of ‘imposing’ beliefs on others—which they do not—is sanctimonious. In fact, it is their way of thinking and their legislation that are an imposition on us.

Mario Alexis Portella
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30.11.2022
Overthrowing the Iranian Regime: The Revolution Has Just Begun
CURRENT

Overthrowing the Iranian Regime: The Revolution Has Just Begun

Iranians, however, must continue protesting, knowing that never before in its history has the Islamic regime been so vulnerable. As it happened in the Soviet Union, citizens’ dissidence in Iran can achieve victory, too.

Mario Alexis Portella
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23.11.2022
How Thomas Hobbes’ Social Contract Compels Despotism
PHILOSOPHY

How Thomas Hobbes’ Social Contract Compels Despotism

Hobbes refuted traditional higher law tenets and motivated people to accept the established laws and customs of their nations, even if they appear oppressive, for it is the only way peace and security can be obtained in society. The state thus becomes successful at the expense of justice, as it is today in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the People’s Republic of China, and the Russian Federation where power divorced from justice maintains order through oppression.

Mario Alexis Portella
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21.11.2022
The Time to Act Against the Iranian Regime is Now
CURRENT

The Time to Act Against the Iranian Regime is Now

If the West and the Vatican came together and publicly condemn the Islamic Republic of Iran for its crimes, it would not just be in the interest of Iranian citizens but the entire Middle East region. And the time to act is now.

Mario Alexis Portella
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12.11.2022
Our Forgotten Christian Brethren in Palestine
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Our Forgotten Christian Brethren in Palestine

As a result of the discrimination by the Israeli authorities and because of Islamic oppression, the socio-cultural and spiritual connections that are the backbone of Palestinian Christians’ collective identity have been dramatically weakened.

Mario Alexis Portella
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08.11.2022
Can a Disunited United Kingdom Be United?
CURRENT

Can a Disunited United Kingdom Be United?

Evidence indicates that the UK has become more polarised when it comes to people’s positions on salient issues. Great Britain is also witnessing a fragmentation of political support and ‘affective polarisation’ related to people’s Brexit identities.

Mario Alexis Portella
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01.11.2022
Revisiting the Holy Crusades
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Revisiting the Holy Crusades

Islamic scholars and activists who insist that Islam is a religion of peace go so far as to compare the crusades to, if not equate with, the jihad carried out by ISIS, al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and other Islamic terrorist groups.

Mario Alexis Portella
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18.10.2022
Xi’s Last Bid to Become China’s Ultimate Despot
OPINION

Xi’s Last Bid to Become China’s Ultimate Despot

Xi has been ruthless in his ten-year rule of China, curbing personal freedoms such as free speech and freedom of religion, arresting anyone who raised their voice against his authoritarian regime.

Mario Alexis Portella
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10.10.2022
The People of Iran Making Their Voice Heard
CURRENT

The People of Iran Making Their Voice Heard

While the world is caught up in the war in Ukraine, let us not forget what is happening in Iran. Let us hope that the sacrifices of those who have fought and continue to fight for their liberty from a draconian regime have not been in vain, for the people of Iran deserve better.

Mario Alexis Portella
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09.10.2022
Understanding the Christian Notion in Humanism
PHILOSOPHY

Understanding the Christian Notion in Humanism

One should shed tears when the true essence of humanism, which parallels our Christian faith, is not only misplaced, but altogether exploited for non-humanist purposes.

Mario Alexis Portella
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04.10.2022
The Ethiopian Genocide and the Rise of Abune Petros
CULTURE & SOCIETY

The Ethiopian Genocide and the Rise of Abune Petros

Today marks the 77th infamous anniversary of the invasion of Ethiopia—also called Abyssinia—by Benito Mussolini’s Italy.

Mario Alexis Portella
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03.10.2022
When Saints Were Saints
CURRENT

When Saints Were Saints

Individuals like Kung and Zen, and without a doubt those Christians who continue to suffer in their testimony to the Christian faith, are today’s unrecognised saints.

Mario Alexis Portella
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25.09.2022
The School of Athens: A Genius of Humanism in the Renaissance
CULTURE & SOCIETY

The School of Athens: A Genius of Humanism in the Renaissance

Humanism gave precedence to the development of human virtue, as depicted in the classical works of Cicero and Livy. This, however, was never a negation of divine or supernatural matters.

Mario Alexis Portella
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24.09.2022
How Misology Threatens Freedom of Expression in Democracy
OPINION

How Misology Threatens Freedom of Expression in Democracy

Freedom of speech is a not a privilege that is conceded by government, but a natural right that comes from God. The tutelage of this right is vital for any democratic political process and the development of the human person.

Mario Alexis Portella
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19.09.2022
The Latest Double Standard of the EU Against Hungary
POLITICS

The Latest Double Standard of the EU Against Hungary

Being unsuccessful at overthrowing Orbán, the EU has shifted its strategy to attacking the prime minister’s immigration policy and the libel laws. 

Mario Alexis Portella
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18.09.2022
Digital Currency: Economic Progress or Dictatorship?  
CURRENT

Digital Currency: Economic Progress or Dictatorship?  

If the ‘leader of the free world’ is pushing for an economic revolution that could potentially have dystopian consequences, and is not being clear about it, there is reason to raise an eyebrow.

Mario Alexis Portella
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02.09.2022
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