Catholic News Agency reports on December 1, 2025 that the Vatican’s financial office announced a €1.6 million surplus for 2024, attributing it to increased donations and hospital revenues while reducing operating deficits. The report emphasizes financial management through an “Investment Committee” and allocates 83% of funds to five areas including “supporting local Churches in difficult situations” and “communicating the pope’s message.” Maximino Caballero Ledo, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, claims this shows progress toward “financial sustainability.”
The Profane Temple: Financial Metrics Replace Spiritual Mission
The very premise of measuring ecclesial health through fiscal metrics constitutes grave theological inversion. As Pius XI declared in Quas Primas (1925): “The kingdom of Christ the King is primarily spiritual and relates mainly to spiritual matters”. By contrast, this financial report reduces the Church’s mission to corporate accounting – celebrating “capital gains obtained from the sale of historical investments” while remaining silent about:
“…the sweet and saving reign of Our King” (Pius XI, Quas Primas).
The report’s language mirrors secular corporate governance, with 14 references to “financial sustainability” and operational efficiency. Not once does it mention:
- The salvation of souls
- Sacramental efficacy
- Reparation for sins
- The Social Kingship of Christ
This fulfills Pius IX’s condemnation in the Syllabus of Errors (1864): “The Church is an enemy of the progress of natural and theological sciences” (Error 57). Here, “progress” manifests as financial technocracy displacing supernatural priorities.
Ecclesiastical Usurpers as Corporate Executives
Maximino Caballero Ledo – a layman appointed by antipope Bergoglio – embodies the inversion of ecclesiastical order. His statement that “financial sustainability is essential to ensure the continuity of the Holy See’s mission” directly contradicts:
“The Son of man came not to be served, but to serve” (Matthew 20:28).
The report boasts of “strict cost control” while the Vatican spends €146.4 million on nebulous “support” for local communities – funds likely financing modernist indoctrination rather than sacramental life. As St. Pius X warned in Lamentabili Sane (1907):
“The Church listening cooperates in such a way with the Church teaching in defining truths of faith…” (Condemned Proposition 6).
This “support” undoubtedly promotes the very errors condemned – ecumenism, religious liberty, and collegiality – that constitute apostasy from Catholic tradition.
Idolatry of Mammon in the Temple
The allocation breakdown reveals neo-church priorities:
| Category | Amount | Theological Crime |
|---|---|---|
| “Communicating the pope’s message” | 12% | Personality cult replacing doctrine |
| “Apostolic nunciatures” | 10% | Funding conciliar diplomacy |
| “Charitable services” | 10% | Naturalism displacing grace |
Notice the complete absence of:
- Sacramental formation
- Combating heresy
- Support for traditional religious orders
This fulfills Pius X’s condemnation: “They placed in the creed, or Symbol, the words: ‘whose kingdom shall have no end,’ confirmed the royal dignity of Christ the Lord” (Quas Primas). Where is expenditure affirming Christ’s reign over nations?
Theological Poison in Statistical Packaging
The report’s reference to “St. John Henry Newman” – canonized by antipope Bergoglio and displayed in St. Peter’s Square – constitutes sacrilege. Newman’s evolutionary theology directly contradicts the Oath Against Modernism:
“I entirely reject the heretical misrepresentation that dogmas evolve and change from one meaning to another different from the one which the Church held previously.”
Meanwhile, hospital management revenues – touted as financial salvation – come from institutions implementing euthanasia protocols and contraceptive services forbidden by Casti Connubii (1930).
False Stewards of a Desecrated Inheritance
The report’s celebration of “capital gains from the sale of historical investments” confirms the conciliar sect’s pillaging of ecclesiastical patrimony. As Pius XI warned:
“As long as He lived on earth, He completely refrained from exercising this authority, and just as He once disdained the possession of earthly things and did not care for them…” (Quas Primas).
The true Church requires no “Investment Committees” – her treasury is the Blood of Christ and merits of saints. This financial circus merely funds:
- Pachamama rituals
- Synodal heresies
- LGBT “blessings”
As the report admits, “sustainability will depend on future fiscal years” – a tacit admission that their counterfeit church depends on Mammon, not the Holy Ghost.
The True Church’s Imperishable Treasury
Contrast this financial circus with the Church’s authentic mission described in Quas Primas:
“The Church at all times victoriously repelled the plague of heresy and errors. And in this we admire the wisdom of Divine Providence…”
No budget line items needed when:
- Mass is the Unbloody Sacrifice
- Doctrine is unchanging
- Christ reigns over nations
The conciliar sect’s financial “surplus” proves only their distance from Catholicism. As St. Paul warns: “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof” (2 Timothy 3:5). Their balance sheets cannot conceal their bankruptcy before the Throne of Judgment.
Source:
The Holy See closed the 2024 fiscal year with a surplus of $1.86 million (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 01.12.2025