Quote Originally Posted by parcelt
pope --> several reports re how (when two catholic factions are fighting) the pope seems unable to identify the tresspasser (i.e. the faction attacking you first), then gets mad at you. This happened in MTW I as well and is very disturbing as it messes up the otherwise interesting impact of his Holiness on the strategic gameplay. I think its only the 'who-started-identification-mechanism' that needs fixing, so this may be doable in a patch.
The rest of the stuff i agree with but i think this is deliberate. The Pope will intervene to stop nations from getting destroyed. For example, if you are the HRE and The Danes attack you then they wont get a warning. The Pope knows your big enough to handle them. If you retaliate by invading Denmark, The Pope will go nuts at you, even if the Danes started the war because you are a far bigger nation. he knows that without his help you will crush them.
If The Pope always opposed the faction that attacked then this would lead to exploitation of the AI. Players would just goad smaller nations into attacking in order to get The Popes backing.