Bishop’s Plea Masks Finland’s Ecumenical Apostasy
Catholic News Agency reports on Helsinki’s only “bishop” Raimo Goyarrola soliciting funds in Texas for Finland’s “booming” Catholic population. The article emphasizes ecumenical collaboration with Lutherans and Orthodox, claiming 300 adult catechumens and monthly rent payments to Protestant churches for worship spaces. “Bishop” Goyarrola boasts of a 2017 joint Lutheran-Catholic declaration on ministry and Eucharist while quoting antipope Leo XIV’s statement about Christians as “brothers and sisters who need to support each other.”
Sacrilegious Ecumenism Displaces Catholic Mission
The article revels in Finland as a “paradise of ecumenism” where Catholics process Marian statues alongside Orthodox icons under Lutheran approval. This blasphemous syncretism directly violates Mortalium Animos (Pius XI, 1928), which condemns “false opinions which consider all religions to be more or less good and praiseworthy” as “altogether contrary to the Catholic religion.” The 160-page joint declaration with Lutherans—met with “amazement by the Vatican”—constitutes heresy by implying Lutheran “ministers” possess valid sacramental powers.
“The Orthodox brought their icons and we brought our statues. Two choirs, one Orthodox and one Catholic, and both bishops along with several Lutheran pastors participated in the procession.”
Such interfaith processions embody the condemned error of “indifferentism” (Syllabus of Errors #15-18, Pius IX). The true Church never shares liturgical acts with schismatics or heretics, as articulated by Leo XIII: “The Church, which is the pillar and ground of truth, makes use of the sacred ceremonies as arguments against the enemies of the faith” (Mirae Caritatis, 1902).
Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Faith
Nowhere does the article mention sanctifying grace, sacramental validity, or the salvation of souls—the actual mission of the Church. Instead, it celebrates numerical growth (“65% Lutheran, 0.3% Orthodox, 0.2% Catholic”) and infrastructure needs while omitting Finland’s 99.5% apostasy from the true Faith. Paying €12,000 monthly to rent Lutheran churches institutionalizes the conciliar sect’s surrender to Protestantism—a betrayal of Quas Primas’ mandate that “the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ” (Pius XI, 1925).
The COVID-era growth strategy—keeping churches open while others closed—exposes a naturalistic worldview. Kabeza admits people sought the Church out of fear, not supernatural conviction: “The people were looking for something because they were afraid.” This exploits human vulnerability rather than offering the unum necessarium: conversion to the One True Church outside which there is no salvation (Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus).
Antipapal Heresy and Invalid Ministry
Goyarrola’s invocation of antipope Leo XIV’s statement—“Christians are brothers and sisters who need to support each other”—endorses the conciliar heresy of universal brotherhood condemned by St. Pius X: “The true friends of the people are neither revolutionaries nor innovators, but traditionalists” (Notre Charge Apostolique, 1910). The article’s glowing report on this Spanish “bishop”—ordained under post-Conciliar rites of doubtful validity—ignores the canonical truth that no legitimate hierarchy exists in communion with modernist Rome.
Omission of Divine Law and Final Judgment
Silence permeates the gravest issues:
– No warning that Lutheran and Orthodox “sacraments” are invalid
– No call for Finland’s conversion to the Catholic Faith as a nation
– No distinction between true Masses and Novus Ordo rites
– No mention of Hell, judgment, or the Four Last Things
The fundraising campaign for schools and pastoral centers serves temporal comfort, not eternal salvation—a dereliction of Matthew 28:19’s command to “make disciples of all nations.” Finland’s Catholics remain scattered sheep, led by hirelings (mercennarius) who lease churches from wolves.
Conclusion: A Tsunami of Apostasy
Goyarrola laughingly admits: “We have a lot of faith, happiness, and joy… but we have no money.” Yet true faith requires rejecting the “booming” apostasy he promotes. The “spiritual tsunami” engulfing Finland is not grace, but the flood of modernism sweeping souls toward eternal ruin. As Pius IX decreed: “The faithful would only be exposed to fall into errors if Sacred Pastors remained silent on matters of faith” (Syllabus of Errors, Prop. 22). This bishop’s silence speaks volumes.
Source:
Finland’s only Catholic bishop appeals for help for his ‘booming’ Church (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 04.12.2025