A Popeless Papacy?

**KHPike** · 02-09-2007, 05:01

I'm not sure if this question has been asked before, but I'll ask it again anyway. Do refer me as appropriate if this has been discussed before.

As Milan on 0.5 year/turn I destroyed every single Catholic faction, save for the Papacy. Hence, everytime the Pope died I'd automatically get one of my cardinals elected, since the College of Cardinals consisted of Milanese naturally

Which brings me to my question, which hit me at this point of the game.

If I let my army of priests and cardinals die, and if the Pope dies, what happens then? If there is no candidate there should be no Pope.

Btw, I conquered Rome and killed my own Pope, destroying his armies in the process. But the next turn another Pope was elected and a single pathetic Papal general unit appeared beside Rome.

**KHPike** · 02-09-2007, 09:37

Since I am pretty curious about this, I shall unashamedly bump this up...

**Sir Boo** · 02-09-2007, 10:20

I did this yet instead i wiped out all the other cahtlic state cardinals (i didnt have any). He was then left with no cardinals so i struck dwon and killed the pope in 2 turns. From then on the game couldnt elect a pope so therfore the papacy was wiped out

**Tran** · 02-09-2007, 11:41

I've never tried that but I presume if there's no Pope then you can't declare crusade, and you will never be excommunicated for harassing another Catholic faction, hence no one can call crusade against you. And Muslim and Orthodox factions might have easier time with their expansion, no unity among Catholics.

**pevergreen** · 02-09-2007, 12:04

You have to kill every catholic faction and then the pope and let all your priests die for that to happen.

Not likely.
See if you can get the papacy back up afterwards?