There are far more speculations.

As in, the elite drinking adrenachrome. Basically sucking blood to live, looking young, for an extended period.

And T.H.E.Y. have taken over the Vatican.
Nobody even remembers that the cathedrals were designed and built for sound healing. They are very specific sound resonators... but we do not use them that way any more. The holiness has left the churches.

There is a lot more connections if you look up the "Name Stealers", or as they are being called now, the Khazarian Mafia.