Apostolic Palace Puns

Year is 780 and I want to build a university here so I can into space, doesn't seem to be a way to burn it below rank 1.

Just conquered Saint Louis and the Apostolic Palace as a revelationist ruler, it is entirely useless because I am not in the Christian Religious group. Is there anyway to destroy it or convert into something useful?

I understand that the devs didn't want the pope to get 750 raw retinue and a 20% retinue size modifier, but with those parts removed what even is the point of this Great Work? Is it just a money sink for the pope to waste 5500 gold to get a whooping 0,4 prestige a month? The features themselves aren't that relevant to the Papacy either. They removed the retinue but haven't replaced it with something else and I really think they should. Maybe make the Apostolic Palace a mix between a Cathedral and a Palace, something to make it worth it so the Pope doesn't build Royal Bedrooms every game.

I wandered around civfanatics but couldn't find anything comprehensive. So: How does the game decide when a vote will take place, and what will be voted on? What determines how many votes you get? How can you get other civs to vote for you?

We know that his location is somewhere in Rome (HOguru’s video about that). But now we can say for sure, where exactly he is and it’s Vatican, Apostolic Palace, Papal apartments!

Here are main clues:

1. Skybox in Little Hope. When Curator talks about victory over oneself, you can see buildings behind the windows. The big white building is Victor Emmanuel II Monument, so we know for sure it’s Rome. This photo was probably taken from Castel Sant'Angelo (for example, another photo from there).
2. Occult Flyer. The numbers can be interpreted as coordinates, but I think it’s not a reliable evidence.
3. A statue and an obelisk. We already saw the statue in Little Hope, but only now we can say, who it is. In House of Ashes an obelisk was added and this is very interesting. In game files it’s called “St_Peters_Obelisk”. And it leads us to St. Peter’s Square, where are St. Peter's Basilica and two colonnades with statues. Searching through all statues, we can find out that our statue is the statue of Saint Justin. It’s standing right on the corner of colonnade, in front of the Apostolic Palace.

We have everything now. Let’s compare the views from the game and the views from the Rome.

Screenshots were taken in Google Earth, that's why they have bad quality.

1. View from Castel Sant'Angelo to Victor Emmanuel II Monument
2. View from Papal Apartments to Monument and Castel Sant'Angelo
3. View to Monument, Obelisk and Statue
4. Square
5. View from above

Now we can say that viewing angle is right and it’s possible to see the monument, the statue and the obel

Witnessing Father Bonnard murder Raphael and Angela in cold blood affected me so profoundly I spent the next morning languishing in my hotel room, curtains drawn. I felt like I had aged ten years. Dark-colored bags framed my eyes, and stress lines dominated my forehead. My entire body ached with nervous energy. At any moment, I feared that Father Bonnard might come crashing through the door, pale hands outstretched and threatening to tumult me into the abyss.

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t banish the memory of Raphael and Angela’s lifeless bodies from my mind. Every time I closed my eyes, their swollen throats and bulging eyes sabotaged my awareness. Guilt for leaving them to their fates haunted my every breath. I cursed myself for doing nothing to save them and wished that it was myself that Father Bonnard had throttled to oblivion instead of such a sweet and innocent family.

In the rare moments that I wasn’t crippled by guilt, my mind swam with questions. What information was Father Bonnard after, and why was he using such despicable means to obtain it? The answer to these questions eluded me, despite my best efforts to deduce them.

All I knew was that whatever he was after, he would stop at nothing to get it.

Even more pressing was the question of why Raphael had chosen to keep my presence hidden from Father Bonnard. The entity had wanted me to witness the wayward priest’s true behavior, but why? Had it merely been toying with me, or did it expect me to act on such a terrifying revelation? Questions surrounding the demon’s motivation tormented my every breath and burned my mind with uncertainties.

I desperately wished that I could report the matter to the police and be done with it. Given my conversation with Angela, I knew such an easy solution was impossible.

Stopping Father Bonnard was my burden to bear, whether I liked it or not.

As the day wore on and my anxiety increased, I decided to return to the Vatican Library. Continuing my research—I was compiling an anthology of primary source documents about ancient exorcisms—would hopefully clear my head. So I donned my coat and entered the brisk Italian air.

When I arrived at the library, I was surprised to find it practically empty. Less than a dozen scholars were milling about the shelves, and even fewer were sitting at the tables interspersed near the library’s rear.

Pleased with the solitude I was about to enjoy, I selected a manuscript detailing an exorcism that had taken p

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