Quote Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito
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 ?
They will be at the same level they were (or maybe get a +1?) before the reconciliation. They definitely seem to be independent, apart from that youre more likely to get excommunicated for a transgression if your crosses are low, and more likely to get reconciled if your crosses are high.

I havent noticed ANY effect additional on your crosses due to being excommunicated/reconciled, except for the obvious one that your crosses get reset to zero when you get excommunicated.