Taking Antioch will divert us from our course though and possibly lead to unrest among our religiously devout men who may decide to continue on on their own.

Also, I am not sure whether the pope will appreciate us gifting him Jerusalem when it is still filled with heathens and heretics. We, as the defenders of Christendom are responsible for the pope's safety if we grant him a new stronghold and thus we ought to show some effort in converting the populace to the true faith before passing it on to His Holiness.

OOC: Maybe just convert some 30% to Christianity and build a church/abbey. Not much more as we'd otherwise be wasting our florins. Having the religious buildings there also enables us to train decent priests in that city.