Quote Originally Posted by Hengist

Just browsed the manual a bit and came across something that might not be common knowledge yet, regarding the papal state:

the manual says (more or less in these words) the papal state can never be destroyed, if it looses its last region the pope will ask catholic factions to give it a new region.

Of course this donation will bring tremendous benefit in relation to the pope for the contributing nation and the wrath of all catholics to the faction that destroyed the papal state.
Welcome Hengist

Nice find about the Papal State, now this means no more Rome respawn of the Pope, I think it adds complexity if it can get a region from other faction.