Hmm. Is someone being groomed as a successor here, or is Innocent just...innocent, in this case?
Papal Rifles Incorporated. The slogans write themselves - "If you are going to break the 6th Commandment, doing it using a Pope approved gun.", "The gun Jesus would have used, if he hadn't been too busy turning the other cheek." or, because lets be honest these will mostly be used to kill 'rebels' and other Christians who have committed the grave sin of not being Italian, "The Cappellini 53. When you absolutely, positively got to kill everybody in the city and trust that the Lord will know who are his."The small arms factory I built last year in Rome
There is no way this can go well, I just hope it is as much of a disaster as OTL. I am looking forward to full on Bimetallism, illegal printing, coin forging, debasement and corruption in the Papal treasury of a kind that is absolutely standard.Form a Latin Monetary Union
I can't imagine Innocent ever being innocent.Hmm. Is someone being groomed as a successor here, or is Innocent just...innocent, in this case?
Papal Rifles Incorporated. The slogans write themselves - "If you are going to break the 6th Commandment, doing it using a Pope approved gun.", "The gun Jesus would have used, if he hadn't been too busy turning the other cheek." or, because lets be honest these will mostly be used to kill 'rebels' and other Christians who have committed the grave sin of not being Italian, "The Cappellini 53. When you absolutely, positively got to kill everybody in the city and trust that the Lord will know who are his."
Papal Rifles Incorporated. The slogans write themselves - "If you are going to break the 6th Commandment, doing it using a Pope approved gun.", "The gun Jesus would have used, if he hadn't been too busy turning the other cheek." or, because lets be honest these will mostly be used to kill 'rebels' and other Christians who have committed the grave sin of not being Italian, "The Cappellini 53. When you absolutely, positively got to kill everybody in the city and trust that the Lord will know who are his."
There is no way this can go well, I just hope it is as much of a disaster as OTL. I am looking forward to full on Bimetallism, illegal printing, coin forging, debasement and corruption in the Papal treasury of a kind that is absolutely standard.
I can't imagine Innocent ever being innocent.
Hmm. The Church is taking in the horrors of 19th century industrialisation a little too cosily. No encyclicals on the evils of the factories? Or on the savagery of filthy lucre? Capellini seems rather more concerned by money than the faith – which is of course entirely to be expected here.
At least the Holy See has avoided bankruptcy. I doubt it will take this as a lesson in why not to go conquering other Mediterranean states, but we shall see.
Hmm. Is someone being groomed as a successor here, or is Innocent just...innocent, in this case?
Papal Rifles Incorporated. The slogans write themselves - "If you are going to break the 6th Commandment, doing it using a Pope approved gun.", "The gun Jesus would have used, if he hadn't been too busy turning the other cheek." or, because lets be honest these will mostly be used to kill 'rebels' and other Christians who have committed the grave sin of not being Italian, "The Cappellini 53. When you absolutely, positively got to kill everybody in the city and trust that the Lord will know who are his."
There is no way this can go well, I just hope it is as much of a disaster as OTL. I am looking forward to full on Bimetallism, illegal printing, coin forging, debasement and corruption in the Papal treasury of a kind that is absolutely standard.
I can't imagine Innocent ever being innocent.
That said, Cappellini does seem to be much more of the moneyman than a leader. Sure he has the complete indifference to God and contempt for the Church's role that is required, but he lacks the demented aggression the Cardinals look for. He would not declare pointless and bloody wars, not out of any morality (he is a Cardinal after all) but because he would see them as loss making. That's a fatal flaw among those looking to wear the big hat, not that Cappellini seems keen on doing so.
God will know his own, could be stamped on the barrel.
or 'what would Jesus do? Well, aside from that...'
French gold again, mate. Everywhere these days.
And this isn't even the first time an AAR would have done the godfather part III papal Bank scandal...
Is that a presumption of Innocent?
He seems very satisfied with himself. I am not quite sure I buy the garden act.
I got a bit behind but that just means I had multiple excellent diary entries to read, no bad thing! I'm glad Cappellini managed to pay off the debt. Now the Papacy is ready to expand once more! I'm sure that small arms factory will eventually get a little busier.
If you set the bar low enough, anyone can clear it. Even a Pope.The pontificate of Innocent XIV can be considered a successful one in the grand scheme of things
Catholics who aren't Italian should look away now. And found a new church while they are at it.but the reader should keep in mind that, despite the modern view of Mastai Ferretti as the first true Italian pope
This is the attitude I've come to expect from the Papacy. None of this worrying about the Holy Ghost or anything religious, just naked ambition for temporal power and imposing politics on the unwilling. I sort of hope Lisi gets in as Pope, he seems the kind to hold a grand conference on the next social reform while occasionally forgetting key bits of Catholic doctrine. Amazingly well versed in the cost of a healthcare reform, but starts drinking the wine at the wrong point in the Mass, that sort of thing.I know that the cardinals would never accept me as Pope but, if I were in their place, I would be doing everything in my power to secure my position
... He doesn't call anyone in the Papal States?I guess when God calls...
... He doesn't call anyone in the Papal States?
A turning point, potentially a huge turning point.
This seems like a classic case of ‘Lisi will get it because neither of the others can defeat each other’, but then I’m not quite sure things are headed in so sedate a manner.
If you set the bar low enough, anyone can clear it. Even a Pope.
Catholics who aren't Italian should look away now. And found a new church while they are at it.
This is the attitude I've come to expect from the Papacy. None of this worrying about the Holy Ghost or anything religious, just naked ambition for temporal power and imposing politics on the unwilling. I sort of hope Lisi gets in as Pope, he seems the kind to hold a grand conference on the next social reform while occasionally forgetting key bits of Catholic doctrine. Amazingly well versed in the cost of a healthcare reform, but starts drinking the wine at the wrong point in the Mass, that sort of thing.
Cappellini might be about to become Pontiff despite his apparent uncertainty.
I guess when God calls...
... He doesn't call anyone in the Papal States?
Well, He isn't Italian you see, so...