BenedictXVII

BenedictXVII
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Profile Information
Name	Angelo Cardinalis de' Medici
Town	Vatican City
Nation	Papal_States
Religion	Roman Catholic
Family	House of Medici
Clerical Information
Titles	Pope, Supreme Pontiff, Bishop of Rome
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rome
Spawn Information
Date of Spawn	January 26, 2020
Place of Spawn	Italia

Pope Benedict XVII

Pope Benedict XVII, previously known as Angelo_Cardinalis, is the current 2nd Roman Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Italia under Pope Alexander IX and was later appointed as Secretary of State of the Holy See by the later.

Pre-Papacy & Election

Angelo Cardinalis de' Medici was among the first in-game apostolic leaders to fully commit to an organized and institutionalized evangelization mission in EMC. He participated in the first Council of Bishops that would see the creation of the modern day EMC Holy Catholic Church and participated during the election of Pope Alexander IX.

Pope Alexander would entrust now Cardinal Angelo to the Archbishopric of Italia, appoint him as Secretary of State for the Holy See, and ask of him to design Vatican City. Duties which he attended until the resignation of Pope Alexander.

Cardinal Angelo oversaw the planning and preparations for the 2nd EMC Conclave that was celebrated soon after on the day of April 11th, 2020. For which he emerged as Pope, taking the papal name of Benedict XVII.

History & Achievements

First Policies

Pope Benedict's papacy began with a vigorous evangelization stance to open the Church to the world. Having organized the conclave event himself as Cardinal, Pope Benedict XVII ensured that this event attracted the attention of nations beyond the roman borders, ensuring and securing their attention and the legitimacy of the Church. The papacy would transform from being a mere spiritual-regional authority in Italia, to the global authority it is today, thanks to these efforts which led to the rapid and exponential growth of Christian nations.

The Coronation of Kaiser Heiniken

On April 23rd, 2020, the then Kaiser of the unified German Empire, Heiniken34, converted to Christianity along with his nation, and thus requested the Pope to coronate him. The coronation took place in St. Peters Square in Vatican City where Heiniken34 swore allegiance to the Church and the Christian Faith.

Apostolic Visit to Rio Grande

On April 24th, 2020, the majority leader of the Rio Grande senate, North Paso, formally invited Pope Benedict XVII to visit the nation and address its senate. This was the first time the Pontiff would visit the new world. Upon arrival, a large sum of players greeted him and his diplomatic entourage as he headed for the senate building in which he delivered his first Papal Address to a foreign nation, titled, "My Address to the Rio Grande Senate". Pope Benedict XVII then toured the nation and met with players of different religions where he led a prayer in unison with them.

"We must remember, this is a community server, where we do geopolitics. Let’s try to keep it at that. Let’s keep the peace between players, and let’s be friendly to one another. No matter religion, country or age." - Pope Benedict XVII on his address to the Rio Grande senate.

The First EMC Crusade

Dawn & Beginning of the Conflict

By April 25th, 2020, Pope Benedict XVII had been briefed by roman officials on a developing situation that was concerning to the Christian world. The pagan nation of Ancient Egypt had begun invading Holy Land territory that was, at the time, under control of the Greater Roman Empire (GRE). Seeing this as an imminent threat to Christianity in the Holy Lands, Pope Benedict XVII officially declared the first EMC crusade on April 25th, 2020 at 7:56 AM, time of Rome, in an official document titled "The First EMC Crusade: Official Declaration".

With the initial support of Italia, SPQR, Germany, and Spain, Pope Benedict XVII appointed the Roman Emperor, CorruptedGreed as the main commander of the conflict. This lead to the creation of one largest and strongest military coalitions the server had seen yet. Countries began to declare their allegiance and support the cause due to its popularity and religious connotations.

"For we're called by God as his people to defend the Sanctity of the Church and the Holy See. The Church will not stand silent in these times of great threat to the doctrine of Christ. This Church will stand behind the faithful, Knights of Templar, we will stand behind justice and liberty and we will stand on principle, or we won’t stand at all." - Pope Benedict XVII on his Holy Crusade declaration.

Belligerents:

• GRE (SPQR, Italia, Russia, Aegyptus, Persia)
• Germany
• Spain
• Siam
• Switzerland
• France
• Yemen Empire
• NorthTerritory
• Antarctic
• Japan

Digging in:

Due to the stagnating nature of towny conflicts, the crusade would be a conflict of patience and attrition which would last for a prolonged period of time. However, thanks to the popularity of the declaration and the conflict itself, the nations of Spain, France and Switzerland converted and adopted Christianity as their main religion. Other nations that participated in the conflict would recognize the existence of the Holy See and engage in friendly diplomatic talks for the first time.

Apostolic Visit to Aegyptus

On May 10th 2020, Pope Benedict XVII and other Vatican Officials visited the sprawling city of El Dabaa in the roman province of Aegyptus, at the hight of the 1st Crusade. Pope Benedict visited the town located within the war region and met with its citizens and the mayor, whom he exchanged gifts with, including a stack of quartz pillars from Vatican City, needed for a local project in El Dabaa. However, during this meeting, the city began to be raided. Roman legionaries quickly joined the server and began the defense of it. Pope Benedict was asked to leave and return to the Vatican, however, he refused and stayed to donate potions to the combatants.

Inauguration of "St. Marvin" Cathedral

On May 18th, 2020, the Pope was invited to inaugurate the new grand cathedral of "St. Marvin" located in Napoli that would serve as the new See for the Archbishop of Italia. A large gathering of european christian players would be attending the event, however, concerns arose when a members of the Pontifical Guard discovered mass amounts of TNT rigged under the cathedral after glitching through the floor. Pope Benedict and the College of Cardinals were then swiftly briefed on the situation. It is unclear as to why, but Pope Benedict ordered the mass to carry on. Fortunately the tnt was never activated during the large event, but trolls did force the Pope to return to the Vatican as he was endangered when they started fish rodding people up into the roof of the cathedral. Cardinal Aleksey Smirnoff carried on with the mass and concluded it.

Titles

- The EMC Vicar of Christ

- His Holiness / The Holy Father

- The Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church

- Patriarch of the East and the West

- The Successor to the Prince of the Apostles

- The Archbishop of the Greater Roman Province

- The Bishop of Rome

- The Barer of the Ring of the Fisherman

- The Servant of the Servants of God