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Fr. Mario Alexis Portella: In Defense of Private Property: Repelling the Rise of Socialism – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella: In Defense of Private Property: Repelling the Rise of Socialism

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By Fr. Mario Alexis Portella, Crisis Magazine, Jan. 6, 2026

Fr. Mario Alexis Portella, J.D., J.C.D. is a priest of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy, as well as a Visiting Fellow at the Danube Institute in Budapest, Hungary, and a Visiting Professor at ITI Catholic University in Trumau, Austria. He holds a doctorate in canon law and civil law from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.

 

Newly-inaugurated NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani began his reign by praising collectivism and attacking private property.

The era of socialism in New York City has begun as Mayor Zohran Mamdani was ceremoniously sworn in by the socialist Democrat Senator of Vermont, Bernie Sanders. In his inauguration speech on New Year’s Day, the new mayor said: “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism…. I was elected as a democratic socialist, and I will govern as a democratic socialist.”

Mamdani, aside from seeking to freeze rent on the city’s nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments as part of his socialist agenda, has also vowed to implement city-owned grocery stores. The idea of having government-owned housing and businesses, in lieu of private ownership, is not only anti-American but also anti-Catholic. …

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