Getting recommunicated

[Gilrandir]

There are two ways to get recommunicated (at least I know two): the first is when the pope dies, the second is when your king dies. But whereas the first one is 100% sure, the second doesn't seem so. Sometimes the king carries the excom to the grave, other times the new king inherits the excommunicated kingdom. Why does it happen? How can you make sure that having got rid of the old king you will get rid of the excom as well?

[gollum]

I'm not sure i observed this in v2.1, although i could be wrong. It might be that it was bugged and corrected in VI v2.1 that is the final version. In my experience the King's passing does guarantee the excom lifting, but as i said, it might be a version thing.

[drone]

Can't say I've ever seen it happen. What happens if you are at war with the Papacy and either your king or the pope dies?

[cogre]

i have noticed that a excommunicated faction does get communicated before the pope dies, always wondered why that happened. never put it together with the offending king's death. man is there no end to the nuances of this game

[edyzmedieval]

man is there no end to the nuances of this game

How very true

Here we are after nine years discussing whether you can get communicated back into the Catholic faction.

[HopAlongBunny]

I think it can happen like this: King dies; if at war with Pope you are re-communicated/excommunicated following the Pope invading your province; you end up in any conflict with a faction (offensive/defensive/at sea) with any faction you have been warned to not attack.

I have seen it, but I have always received notice.