Click here to read the latest Dev Diary by Johan Hi and Welcome to yet another Europa Universalis Development Diary! We talked a little bit about what is happening to the Catholic Faith in a development diary back in August 2019. Let's delve into that at first, before we talk about completely new features, and remember. All of this is part of the Emperor Expansion. Curia Coffers First of all, the Curia has its own pool of money, the Curia Coffers, which is accumulated each month from contributions from each catholic country. The contribution depends on the development controlled by the Clergy estate in each country. Catholic Nations can also Buy Indulgence to increase the Curia Coffers and The Curia Coffers can then be spent on the following.

• Call the Ecumenical Council
• Assign Cardinals
• Investigate Heresy
• Papal Bulls
• Council of Trent Actions.

Ecumenical Council The Ecumenical Council is a way for the Papal Controller to siphon their own money into the Curia Coffers to increase their influence to become the next Papal Controller. Cardinals Assigning Cardinals is a new Diplomatic Action that Curia Controller can do. By spending an amount of the Curia Coffers the target nation will gain a Cardinal. The Curia Controller gains influence towards becoming the controller at the next papal election, and the target nation increases their opinion of the Curia Controller. The Pope can also spend their own money to Appoint a Cardinal from one of their own provinces, if any of them lack a Cardinal. This increases Corruption by 5%, but sometimes it is needed. Of course there will be Cardinals appointed automatically each year as before.
Investigate Heresy Investigate Heresy is an action where the Papal Controller can spend money from the Curia Coffers to reduce the Reform Desire by 5%, while making Reform Desire grow 10% faster in the future. This is a way to delay the Reformation if you so desire. Golden Bulls For each Pope, the Curia Controller can pick one new Golden Bull, which will define that Popes life. This of course cost money from the Curia Coffers, and there are six different Golden Bulls to pick from. What is interesting with these Golden Bulls, is the fact that they affect ALL catholic nations. Apostolicae Servitutis -50% Curia Power Cost (The old Catholic Ones) Christian Pictas -5% Development Cost +1 Tolerance of Heretics Dei Gratia Rex +0.5 Yearly Absolutism -2 Unrest in Catholic Provinces -25% Drill Decay Illius Qui Se Pro Divini Enabled Crusades after the Age limit! Immensa Aeterni Dei -10% Institution Embracement cost +25% Institution Spread Cardinals will spread institution if the institution has been embraced in a province of another Cardinal or the capital of the Curia(Rome). Libertas Ecclesiae +20% Imperial Authority Growth +15 Imperial Reform Approval by Catholic Princes Available if Emperor & Catholic is Official Religion of the Empire Council of Trent A few decades after the Reformation has started to ravage Europe, there will be something called The Council of Trent that will last about 50 years at maximum, or until the Papal Controller has picked four different changes to the Church. When the Council is active, rulers of Catholic Nations can set their position as either Harsh or Conciliatory. At default all nations are neutral, and at every new ruler in your nation you get the opportunity to change your position. Neutral Position -33% Resistance to Reformation Centers. Harsh Position -20 Opinion of Heretics +25% Resistance to Reformation Centers +2% Missionary Strength -25% Institution Spread Conciliatory Position +10 Opinion of Heretics +25% Resistance to Reformation Centers +25% Improve Relations -5% Heretic Missionary Strength The Curia Controller is the one that picks the concessions, and they are quite costly, costing 2000 gold from the Curia Coffers, which is reduced by up to 1500 depending how many Cardinals that are from Countries supporting the stance taken in the concession. And you can only take one concession in each pair, and the effect is applied to all Catholic nations. The Harsh ones all add -20 opinion of heretics to all Catholic countries, and Conciliatory adds +10 opinion, so the Papal Controller can really control how fractured Christianity will be during the Council. First Concession Heresy Trials (Harsh) +1% Heretic Missionary Strength Secret Confessions (Conciliatory) +2 Tolerance of Heretics Second Concession Roman Catechism (Harsh) +10% True Faith Institution Spread Non-Latin Bible (Conciliatory) +5% Institution Spread Third Concession Soldiers of Christ (Harsh) +10% Manpower in True Faith Rescinding Celibacy (Conciliatory) +5% Manpower Fourth Concession Catholic Mysticism (Harsh) -10% Warscore Cost vs Other Religions Sola Fide (Conciliatory) -20% Curia Power Cost
Hope you enjoyed this short but detailed Development diary, and next week well talk more about the Imperial Diet.