Pope Innocent wanted it to be led by the papacy, as the First Crusade should have been, to avoid the mistakes of the Fourth Crusade, which had been taken over by the Venetians.
Inocencio quería que fose dirixida polo papado, como fora a primeira cruzada, co fin de evitar os erros da cuarta cruzada, que fora emprendida polos venecianos.