Re: Imperial Diet II
Ease the public order problem? Did you not personally approve Pope Accattus yourself? I see no guarantee that order will be restored even if Cardinal Otterbach becomes Pope. There can be no reconciliation with the Pope until this war with the Papal States is over. As of now, we have no possible way of ending this war unless we give them a province from which to rule. It has been made clear that none of the Reich's provinces will be donated, so accordingly there can be no peace. Cardinal Otterbach will not reconcile us because *ahem* he will find himself at war with us the moment he takes the Papal throne. I fully expect the Reich to remain excommunicated until we capture Jerusalem and give it as a gift to the sitting Pope.
Furthermore, I will not support any legislation of any kind that calls for the slaughter of future Popes. You have caused this war, Kaiser, and you should have to suffer its 'annoyances.'
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