Roman Catholicism

Roman Catholicism was the most practiced and widespread religion in-game on two of the more recent worlds, VMJ World and Solace World 2.
== History ==
=== Solace World 2 ===
In Solace World 2, the Pope Cambrian_ reorganized the religion of the Holy Aragan Church to become a direct, unofficial branch of the actual real life Catholic Church because of the technical implications of claiming to be Pope despite not being elected by the Vatican. 
His decree was thus:
"As the Pope of the Mappercraft Minecraft Server, as endorsed by the leaders of the Pan-American Union and Araga, I, Cambrian, announce these reforms to the Holy Aragan Catholic Church: 
1. As no members of the real-world clergy of the Roman Catholic Church are present on the server, the position of Pope within the server is only functionally official, and as such technically bestows on the "Pope" the position of Anti-Pope. As such, I abolish the position of Pope on the server and instead establish the position of Grand Master to lead the believers of the server. The Grand Master will now take orders directly from real life members of the Catholic Clergy, and look to the real life Pope, Francis I, for leadership. 
2. As the name Aragan Catholic Church implies that it is a separate entity to the Roman Catholic Church, I, as Grand Master of the Church, reform this separate Church into an unofficial Religious Order of the Catholic Church, the vows of which will be defined at a later date. This Order will be known as the Order of the Catholic Church of Mappercraft. 
3. The structure of the Church will transition to a new structure as a Religious Order, the specifics of which will be decided at a later date. However, this Order will serve the same original purpose as the old Aragan Catholic Church, that being the proliferation and preservation of Catholicism on the server."- Cambrian_
 
Mak was named the successor by the previous Grand Master, Cambrian_ when he left the server after the Kirschite-Commonwealth War. Mak4Life stated that she was "confused as to what I am supposed to do" and said that she was "probably unfit for the job."
On 18 April, the 9.5 Theses were nailed on the entrance of the Church of Ravenna. The theses were submitted by a group called the Faithful Christians of Colombia and it demanded multiple reforms for the Catholic Church. One of the theses included the disbandment of the title of Grand Master and reintroduce the papacy. Later, the Catholic community would approve of most of the theses including the papal introduction, leading the first conclave to be hosted. It was won by Vikke (the sole candidate).
=== VMJ World ===
On November 24, 2021, Vikke announced his resignation from his papacy and commenced the Second Papal Conclave.
Fiyu (doggerland) ultimately won the highly contested Papal election after convincing Mradper to cede his votes to him, immediately making several major reforms (most notably making astrology a major part of the faith going forward). In the end, Fiyu's papacy made the majority of the server disillusioned with the idea of a religion, as he did not take his position seriously at all. As Fiyu's activity on the server declined, so did the active "practice" of Roman Catholicism on the server.
== Papal Conclaves==
=== First Conclave ===
The first papal conclave was won by VikkezBoy as the only candidate.
Candidate	Votes
Vikke 	15
=== Second Conclave ===
Originally the second papal conclave was won by Enchanter105 with a total of seven votes. However, the runner-up, Mradper, controversially passed his votes to Fiyu, therefore making him the new pope. This was despite the fact that Mradper had recieved more votes than Fiyu (6 to Fiyu's 5) and that the ability to pass votes to a different candidate was not discussed or mentioned at all before the election. Ultimately, the former Popes Vikke and Mak4Life decided to grant Fiyu the Papacy despite these complications.
Candidate 	Votes
Multi_Gamers 	3
Enchanter105 	7
BigVinny24 	5
StraightFishie	1
Mradper 	6
Fiyu 	5
Candidate 	Votes
Multi_Gamers 	3
Enchanter105 	7
BigVinny24 	5
StraightFishie	1
Fiyu 	11
Category:Religions
Category:Solace World 2
Category:VMJ World