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 allegiance and the legitimacy of the Church with it. 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.

Apostolic Visit to Maluku

On May 29th, 2020, the Pope and the College of Cardinals visited the Asian nation of Maluku, marking this as the first time the Pontiff visited the continent. During this visit, the Pope presided over the inauguration of the new grand cathedral which would serve as the See of the Archbishop of Asia. He then toured the famous Maluku museum and spectated a firework show dedicated to his visit and the opening of the cathedral.

Apostolic Visit to Germany & Coronation

On June 25th, 2020, the Pope visited Germany for the first time to coronate the new Kaiser, SerGreek. This was done outside the massive Ulm Cathedral, See of the Archdioceses of Germany.

The First Reform

On July 7th, 2020, the Pope implemented his first official reform to the governance of the Church by implementing the "Codicis Luris Canonici". A document which would define every aspect of Church doctrine, governance, hierarchy, clerical authority, and inner workings within EMC and furthermore, establish an internal legal system. In addition to this, this document acts as the main guideline for all EMC Christian players and reflects the main beliefs of the EMC Catholic Church, all put in writing.Most importantly however, the publication of this document marked the official consolidation of Christianity in EMC under one institution, the EMC Holy Roman Apostolic Catholic Church. This document recognized the Church as the sole Christian community in EMC due to the last remnants of Orthodox players in Russia agreeing to co-exist with catholic, protestant and atheist players within the EMC Catholic Church, all to advance the goals of promoting judeo-christian values in the server, looking past real life differences and once more attempting to congregate within one Church.

"With this document, as I told the clergy, the Church secures its future until the end of times in Terra Nova, for it will guide my successor, and his after him, as so forth." - Pope Benedict XVII's official announcement in the Church's discord server

First Vatican Council

Although the second Ecumenical Council in theory, the Pope called for the "First Vatican Council" on July 14th, 2020 in which he ordered all clergy members at the time to return to Rome to an unfinished St. Peters basilica in which they would meet to discuss the first reform and the current status of the Church. Bishops and priests attended the meeting in the Vatican where several key issues were discussed. This event would refine the implementation of the first papal reform into the actual global Church.

The First Archbishop

By the end of July more bishops began to appear within the ranks of the Church, leaders who led town sized ecclesiastical territories who were directly reporting to the Vatican. This sparked the necessity to upscale their authority in order to fit the growing demand of the Church in EMC. On July 22nd of 2020 the Pope appointed the first Archbishop who was not present during the original ecumenical council, Archbishop Einarr, tasking him with leading the Archdioceses of Africa, with its See in Madagascar.

Evangelization in Spain & Russia

On August 21, 2020, the Pope appointed the first Archbishop of Russia and the first Archbishop of Spain, establishing archdioceses in both the Christian nations.

Coronation of Rio Grande Emperor

On August 24th, 2020, the Pope coronated the second emperor of Rio Grande, North Paso, visiting the nation for the second time in his pontificate.

Coronation of Italian Emperor

On August 30th 2020, the Pope was invited to inaugurate the new grand colosseum in his own city of Rome, by its leader and architect, 32Ogre. The roman emperor of Italia, Ogre, took advantage of the situation by asking the Pope to coronate him during this same event which was going to be filled with nation leaders and christians from all the corners of the server. The Pope coronated his old time friend, and then proceeded to officially open the colosseum, where a pvp tournament would be hosted.

"Let the good spirit of sportsmanship always prevail within its walls [the colosseums], and let it always stand for friendly tournaments and for the enjoyment of the people. It is the intent of the Church and Italia, to bring people closer together and make of this community a player friendly one. It is important to always stick to these values of friendship and community, for only then we will truly find the leisure we're looking for in EMC." - Pope Benedict XVII on his inauguration speech

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