Ahhh its ok now I just took all of his cities in Italy, Sardinia and Crete (Cyprus? never know which is which!). At the same time, my King Died and so did the Pope, and for the first time, amazingly, one of my Cardinals got elected so I just went from being excommunicated and the scorn of the catholic world, to a popular, powerful nation with all but two crosses on the Pope-o-meter (why do I resort to cheesy sayings once again?).