Quote Originally Posted by Ciaran
It´s a good idea though, you can even lift excommunitation if you have Crusade markers to spare.
Once I, as HRE, was excommunicated for waging war against the French. Then the Pope called for a Crusade, I took and finished it and was back in the loving embrace of the Church. And the French got excommunicated

How were you able to launch a Crusade when you were already ex-commed? I've never been able to do that.

I also thought excommunications end only when either the Pope or your faction leader dies. Have I been missing something all this time?