I personally think trying to work with them instead of against them in places were they are deeply integrated with the population would be the obvious choice.

I am ofcourse talking exclusively about the Catholics only and not the Orthodox or Evangelist.

PD, im not religious. Im a Budhhist, but i dont think of it as a religion.

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[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 6 days ago

From my experience with Catholics in the US, it would be a hard sell. The rightists did an effective job of tying together anti-abortion and electing their representatives and listening to their pundits. In theory, some of them could be swayed on moralistic grounds, as some are already close to the spirit of communism in what they believe about the treatment of others. But in practice, it can be hard to move the needle.

This may vary based on region and based on how dedicated to the religion someone is.

As for the Catholic Church itself, I doubt it's going to move much until/unless the region it lives and breathes within becomes something run by a communist vanguard. Religious practice doesn't move linearly with state power, but sometimes it has no choice but to move for it, or sometimes it is explicitly used as a tool of state power. So seeing as how imperialist the west still is, I would not expect much from a church whose central body is housed within it.

As it is, the Catholic Church still has unresolved antagonism and disagreement among its patrons about the traditional mass vs. the "novus ordo" (new order). The traditionalists tend to be far more rightist out there in their views. So to my perception, the unity of the Catholic Church is very brittle for decades now, even just on a liturgical level. And then there is the fallout still from the "consequences of their actions". Dealing with all of the abuse scandals that reached a tipping point they couldn't brush aside anymore. I understand they are stricter now in terms of trying to have policies to vet better and keep an eye out for those things, but the damage is already done and doesn't go away so easy.