Yes, they absolutely reached socialist in spite of religion, my point was that religion is always at best wary of marxism, and is usually very hostile, and the hostility level is proportional to the wealth and influence of religion. Another point is that it was demonstrated and proven that christianity is not very compatible with socialism, not in theory nor in practice.

Mentioning Cuba again and broadly entire continent, i naturally admit that catholic church in latin America is better than in Europe, but it still wallows in bootlicking and support for dictators, and i wonder what would cuban church do if the socialist government weakened.