Building a cathedral or a religious house is both a sizable and costly undertaking. To do so marks a noble as unusually devote and worthy of additional respect and consideration in the eyes of the Church. The process is a simple one. First, a noble must announce his intention to build a cathedral or monastic house, along with giving 1000 kds as a down payment to the Church (id # 22). Then the noble has five years to pay the Church 25,000 kds in the case of a cathedral or 10,000 kds in the case of a monastic house. At the end of the five years, the Pope will come to the new building, consecrating it and blessing the sponsoring noble in a beautiful and ornate Mass. The sponsor will also become a Knight of the Holy Church and have (KHC) added to his name and a white cross on a field of blue added to his coat of arms. In the case of a cathedral, the Church will allow the sponsoring noble to nominate an arch-bishop to the cathedral. Also, the fief will be free from all forms of attack, as are the Sacred Places mentioned earlier. In the case of a religious house, the Church will allow the sponsor to appoint an abbott/abbess. The Church also will not tolerate pillages or raids of the fief.

 NOTE: The establishment of "papal protected fiefs" is ahistorical. Rarely did the popes even attempt this and when they did, it did not work. Don't ask the sysops to edit fief names to include some indication of it being a "protected" fief. The sysops haven't got the time and, to repeat, this is an ahistorical item that many pope players have invented.

Some players have, once they became the Pope, decided to try and enforce peace in some parts of Europe. They have done this by declaring certain fiefs Holy Places and threatening sanctions against any player that makes war in those fief. Below is an example of how one papal player did this:

"His Holiness once again places the listing of all Shrines and Cathedrals for all to see. Remember, NO attacks or 'dirty deeds' of any kind are permitted in the Cathedrals. The Shrines must not be pillaged, raided nor taken by a force that might do damage.

Notre Dame, at Chartres (FCR03): DE VENDOME (145)

St. Andrew, at Andrew's (SMA00): THE BRUCE (40)

St. David, at St. Davids (EPM01): EDWARD III (47)

St. Martin, at Tours (FTS06): PHILIPPE VI (200)

St. Thomas a Becket, at Canterbury (EKE03): EDWARD III(47)

St. Joseph of Aramithes, at Glastonbury (ESM04):D'AMORIES (224)

San Niccolo of Bari, in Naples (GOO00): D'ANJOU (231)

St. Patrick at Lough Derg, in Ulster (RUL00): EDWARD III(47)

Cathedrals.

MORGAT (FBR12)

CHALONS SUR MARNE (FCA07)

ANGERS (FAJ12)

AVRANCHES (FMR04)

BELLEVILLE (FLY01)

MACON (FMA06)

TOULOUSE (FTL02)

AUCH (FAC03)

CANTERBURY (EKE03)

YORK (EYS10)

MARCHES (SMOOO)

LEINSTER (RLI00)

AVIGNON (PAV04)

PAPAL STATES (PPS00)

TARENTAIRE (ISV07)

GRENOBLE ADA06

BARCELONETTE APR01

LEON-CASTILLE (LOOOO)

AACHEN (HJU02)

CAMBRAI (HHN08)