Well, i don't really need the money since i took now all Italy (Venice is the exception and it will soon be mine anyway), and together with my very lucrative Peninsula plus all the money that came from Timbuktu the money is not an issue at all, but i thought it would be fun to try it. After all, i don't intend to kill the Pope anytime soon (he is pretty friendly to me, i nfact he is Spanish) so even if my assassin gets kill is not much of problem since i am recruting some new ones right now.