This is bugged, the Pentarchy mission is required to disable the curia, if you just get the triggered modifier then the curia remains.
But you, as Byzantium, have annexed Rome, right? That doesn't necessarily mean there's no Pope. Sometimes the Pope pops (popes?) up in another Catholic theocracy. Other times, he is annexed outright, and there's no Papal States. The Catholic Church doesn't collapse, and he's just sitting somewhere, pontificating. Still lets him call Crusades, though.
...Sometimes the Pope pops (popes?) up in another Catholic theocracy. Other times, he is annexed outright, and there's no Papal States. The Catholic Church doesn't collapse, and he's just sitting somewhere, pontificating...
If you annex Rome, is there any easy way to find out where the Pope ends up?
Find "The Papal State" on the first page of the ledger and click on it.
Or at least there was an attempted fix; not sure it actually worked.This is a bug which was fixed in the 5.2 beta.