Of course they can. Those who would want to strengthen the Church must take orders from their overlords, who in turn are filtered by TPTB.
I’m not too sure. Infiltrating the media, the ‘education’ cartel and politics would be the best strategy, probably. The gate-keepers, however, are pretty tough and the shocktroops are generally anti-religion leftists.
No idea, depends on what you think would be effective strategies.
Catholics are not really Biblical literalists (at least today). It depends on which parts of the Bible.
Well, they probably have been doing it more and more over time. The Catholic Church already abandoned a great deal of its traditions in the 60’s (after infiltration in the late 50’s). There isn’t that much left that distinguishes them from the other branches of Christianity, especially compared to the differences a century ago.
Well, they were easier to conquer and control than European neighbours, but they also weren’t as valuable. It’s a similar situation that regard, but the European empires could at least harvest resources effectively. The Vatican can only draw on the qualities and value of the people, which is pretty low in most of those countries.
Karl Marx, I guess. It’s very popular in Latin America, and amongst the Jesuits. The Vatican doesn’t seem too happy with it but hasn’t had much success rooting it out.
Yep, ever since it was infiltrated, abandoned its traditions, and ecumenised, alongside the propaganda machine of those same interests who were responsible for the infiltration.