Characters can ask the Pope or relevant Patriarch to excommunicate a particular individual if they are on good enough terms.Įxcommunicated individuals can pay a lot of money to lift excommunication, or ask the Pope or relevant Patriarch to lift it if they are on good enough terms. Participants in a crusade can gain the Crusader trait, and if the crusade is won, the participant with the greatest contribution will gain the targeted Kingdom title. Catholic rulers are notified once a crusade is called and can join it an time while it is in progress.
The formal head of the religion is the Bishop of Rome - the Pope. The term usually refers to Christians and churches, western and eastern, in full communium with the Holy See, usually known as the Catholic Church or the Roman Catholic Church.Ĭatholicism is one of the oldest branches of Christianity and the one that has had the biggest impact on the history of Europe. Catholicism is a broad term for describing specific traditions in the Christian churches in theology and doctrine, liturgy, ethics and spiritually.