Finland: In Europe’s least Catholic nation, the Church grows amid financial hardship

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The small Catholic Church in Finland could one day face the same level of state harassment as other Christians are facing:
Juhana Pohjola, Dean of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland and head of the group of churches’ publishing house, responded to police questions for five hours
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Both Päivi Räsänen and Juhana Pohjola could be accused of “ethnic agitation” against homosexual people, a crime described in the Section 10 of the Penal Code. Sexual orientation was added in 2011 to a law that had been originally created to punish racism.
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I started a thread a few months ago on this story:
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Christian politician facing second police interview over views on sexuality World News
A Finnish politician who was investigated for questioning her church denomination’s support of a gay pride even is facing a second police interview. This time, Päivi Räsänen will be interviewed about a pamphlet she wrote over 16 years ago on human sexuality for a Christian foundation. The investigation, which has garnered headlines across the world, stemmed from a tweet Räsänen sent in June of last year in which she criticised the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland’s (ELCF) participation in…
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