Same with Stalin and Al Quada ... what we think is happening is just our imagination and if some of it really is happening it really is a good thing.
The author of this article is a devout Catholic. He's just trying to pave the way in somehow trying to give the Catholic church credibility even though it's been in self destruct mode for a long time.
It's mostly ignornant people in third world countries that sign up for that belief system. If they ever get their hands on a Bible and actually read it they spiritually flee their system.
It has been in "destruct mode" since 1519, by your estimation, I would guess, but it keeps coming back. As you say, it is widely accepted in Third World Countries, but they do not seem t be no more ignorant of Christ as the people of our World, who have easy access to the Bible.