Such things are not inevitable. Where the Church has been remiss is not understanding who they are dealing with. Fear of communism and dislike of Roman authority blinded many German clergymen to the nature of the Nazi movement. Both Rome and the German Church also under-estimated Hitler because of his low social origins. Many American Catholics overestimated Obama. Because of his smooth manners, they thought him honest.
The Catholic church is not all one thing. The Marxist part of the church is very dangerous to liberty and the faith of Catholics and Christians. It is always a struggle and Rick doesn’t get it beyond the social struggle.
Centralized control for the redistribution of wealth (social justice) often moves ahead while the social conservatives in the church have managed to hold their own for the time being on pro life issues. Economic marxism will defeat the social conservatism in the name of separation of church (Chritian morals) and state (amoral humanism).