Starting Pope

[Saibot42]

Is he random? Or are there different ones based on difficulty level?

[Duck of Death]

I think its the same Pope, regardless of difficulty.
Assuming you're playing 6.4

You probably get a different Pope depending which year youre starting at (1100 or 1220).

[Saibot42]

But I've only ever done early era.

[Saibot42]

Is the 6.4 Pope also different from the vanilla pope? Seems like the Pope's opinions on factions have been different every game I've started, and I've restarted alot.