Quote Originally Posted by Martok
The Pope would still reappear even if the Ayatollah himself had made the Vatican his personal residence. His pain-in-the-arse-Holiness is hardcoded to show up there no matter what. It's unfortunate, but such are the limits of game coding.
and he'd have so many troops you'd never see a religious uprising against him.

Still you could launch a jihad or 10 (which in this case would be a fair exploit to match against the ridiculous re-emergences).