Papal States Bug?

[mb.]

The Sicilians occupied Rome and the Papal States was destroyed. Now the Pope is elected every single turn.

[elcid123]

well, in my game i went through a period of new popes about every year. but it ended after a while. i dont really remember anything so wierd as to be considered a "bug"

[steelbound]

What is the age of the Pope when he dies? I sometimes go through periods where all the cardinals are close to death and quickly go through different Popes.

I was going to say they could be assasinating the Pope every turn but I'm not really aware of the computer doing something like that.

[Freedom]

You're complaining because...?

If the Cardinals elected are old enough (around 60+) you can have Papal Elections every turn that way... not sure about your situation as I have never seen a faction attack the Papal States other than myself as the Moors. However, one time I called a jihad against Rome in a hope that someone else would take and hold it so the dang Pope would stop calling Crusades on Cordoba, but the Syrians lost it after a while to the Sicilians. I then assassinated all of Sicily's generals (an easy task, since they all sucked) and waited for the King that I couldn't quite kill to die and badabing, no more sicily. The interesting thing is, all during this time, the Papal States were still alive, who beseiged and took back Rome.

[Willus_Killus]

erm.. when Rome falls and the papacy has no more cities, it steals some other Catholic city (then they love the people they stole it off)