having a pope of your kingdom?

**bottenbreker** · January 01, 2008, 04:45 AM

hi, i was wondering, does the pope like you more if he was one of your cardinals? and does it have other benefits?

**pwijnands** · January 01, 2008, 04:52 AM

You will have very high papal standing, along with your allies. Your enemies get a low papal standing. So getting your enemies excommunicated becomes easier.

**bottenbreker** · January 01, 2008, 05:00 AM

You will have very high papal standing, along with your allies. Your enemies get a low papal standing. So getting your enemies excommunicated becomes easier.

will you be able to get away with things like attack a non-excommunicated faction?

**pwijnands** · January 01, 2008, 05:17 AM

No, the pope still won't like it when you do and you will eventually get a mission to cease hostilities. It doesn't always work out as planned, when a new pope comes to power all factions are reconciled and if they behave themselves, their papal standing will rise. That can be a bit annoying if that was your enemy, I've had that happen to Norway and the HRE in an English campaign.

**Monsieur Alphonse** · January 01, 2008, 05:39 AM

Since you are one of the factions that supported the new pope your papal standing will be perfect. After that your standing will work just as if he where a normal pope. You cannot control him. One benefit is that he dislikes your enemies when they voted for an other guy.