

Perhaps the most central feature of the Catholic Church, however, is the investiture of bishops. Rulers can request excommunications, divorce or an invasion casus belli from the Pope, but it will cost them a lot of Piety, and requires that the Pope hold them in high regard. He can also, on rare occasions, grant a divorce or a special Casus Belli. For example, Catholicism has an independent chief pontiff (the Pope) who can excommunicate people and call for crusades. Catholic and Orthodox) and their heresies (Waldensian, Bogomilist, etc.) Now, the specific religions have certain characteristics that set them apart from each other. Each group encompasses the main religions (e.g. There are three groups of religions in CKII: Christian, Muslim and Pagan. Yes, my friends, it is time to get serious and talk about religion, and, being a game about medieval times, religion obviously plays a huge part. It's the first Thursday of a new month, and the stars just happen to be exactly right for a new entry in the Crusader Kings II developer diary! God willing, it will be an enlightening one.
