Upon reconciliation between Pope & Faction, whether by death of either leader or successful diplomacy, does the Pope-o-meter crosses get reset to a default amount? In other words is the offenders' slate wiped clean or must the reconciled Faction still have to earn the crosses back ?

If they must still earn the crosses back, then a devious player should be able to goad a Faction on a tight leash to get excommed again.

I must save game and test this.

Thanks for all the thought provoking input.