From the God of Lies to the Lord of All Worlds

Chapter 469 Unification of the Papacy
"Everyone's here..." In St. Peter's Basilica, the elderly Pope sat in the main seat, smiling as he looked at the people who came before him.

Mario was delighted, extremely delighted, because this was perhaps the first time in 970 years that leaders of Christianity from around the world had appeared so harmoniously in the Vatican.

Since the split between the East and West churches in 1054, such a situation has never occurred again. It is only because there is divine endorsement now that this has happened; otherwise, it is likely that such a thing would not happen for another thousand years.

This was Mario's idea. He knew perfectly well that it would be difficult to maintain their power and institutions in the world with just the Catholic Church's manpower.

If someone were actually sent to the neighboring world, it would be a complete disaster for both worlds.

Therefore, he thought of the remaining Christians.

The Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism are mostly ideologically divided, but the number of devout believers in each of their sects is definitely greater, which is determined by their population size.

There are over 24 billion Christians worldwide, more than half of whom are Catholics. Each other denomination has a certain number of Christians. However, after so many years of development and corruption, most of the leaders have various problems.

But as I said before, there will always be fanatics in religions, devout followers, and people who are willing to give everything for God and their faith!
In this situation, Mario immediately thought of other denominations. Since these people were also thinking about how to integrate into Catholicism, he might as well take the initiative to recruit them and let them play a role in another place.

“Your Majesty, we have arrived!” Angus said proactively. “I will tell you about the events that have occurred within the Papacy during this period, as well as the various decisions made…”

He voluntarily chose to relinquish power, after all, Mario was the Pope, and although the other party had just awakened, he was still the supreme religious figure, and the proper etiquette could not be disregarded.

“Hmm!” Mario shook his head, stopping him from continuing. “Nikki told me everything. You did a great job, Angus!”

The old pope looked at Angus with satisfaction. "With you in charge of the Papacy, I feel very reassured. Moreover, I won't have time to continue managing the entire Papacy in the coming days. Perhaps you will need to continue to lead the Catholic Church!"

Angus was taken aback and quickly said, "Your Majesty, something has happened to your health? That's impossible. The angels told me that your health would gradually recover, so there's no need to worry..."

"It has nothing to do with the body, but it has to do with another world!"

Mario's words aroused the curiosity of many people present: another world?
The Pope didn't keep them in suspense and quickly said, "In another world, in medieval Europe, the Bishop of Lasinger needs our help. They are fighting against demons and trying to maintain stability in that world, but they are struggling to keep it up."

"Bishop Lasinger?" The first to feel surprised was actually Nicky. He had witnessed the old bishop's sacrifice in front of him, so hearing this was naturally incredibly astonishing.

"Bishop Lasinger, has he gone to another world?"

“Yes, how could that old fellow stay idle? He’s His Majesty Saint Leo now, the savior of that world!” Mario said softly. “He found me, hoping I can help him, and also help that world!”

Angus asked directly, "I heard about other worlds from Caroline, that the Lord's light shines throughout the world, but I never imagined that we could also save other worlds?"

“The Lord said: ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no greater commandment than these,” Mario said. “Since they are in trouble, we must help them!”

In Christian doctrine, "love your neighbor as yourself" has always been a major principle. Helping others is never just a simple act of kindness, but rather a practice of the commandment of love.

Therefore, Mario spoke very firmly.

"I will explain the specific details of that world to you later. But for now, I want to say that it can be not only us, but also you!"

His gaze fell upon the remaining people, from Orthodox and Protestant communities, and the archbishops.

These words caused everyone to look up in astonishment.

"us?"

This outpouring of goodwill left them somewhat bewildered. "Can we do it too?"

"Why can't you? Aren't you devout to the Lord?" Mario retorted. "Do we have any truly unforgivable conflict? Haven't those doctrinal arguments ended?"

Mario's words left everyone speechless. Indeed, their biggest conflict lay in their differing understandings of the doctrine.

But now, no one mentions this debate anymore, because the Lord has truly descended, even Jesus descended, and the successive descents of angels and saints prove that their doctrinal debates were actually meaningless.
Therefore, Mario felt this was a great opportunity, a chance to unify the entire Papacy's power.

It's not really necessary to put everyone under the rule of the Roman Catholic Church—that's unrealistic—but rather it often breeds many problems.

What he needed was to give the entire faith in the Lord a channel to contact Him—this was also the reason he had previously given the precepts to the Orthodox Church.

“I believe that every believer should have the opportunity to come into contact with the Lord and to have faith in Him. As the Lord’s shepherds, we cannot turn believers away!”

Mario's vision surprised everyone; they had all assumed that the Vatican had summoned them to completely annex them.

And they were even prepared to be swallowed up.

They were completely powerless to resist the extraordinary Holy See.

But what appeared before them was not a hard annexation, but a soft "reconciliation." They gained extraordinary power and the ability to contact the Lord, which gave them the basis to stand on equal footing with the other side...

The other party is clearly trying to undermine my power!

Mario could guess what they were thinking, so he looked at Angus and, seeing that the other was incredibly calm, nodded in satisfaction.

Only those who have little contact with Heaven would think that this action is dividing power, but only they, the true servants of God, know that it is precisely consolidating power!

After all, the Roman Catholic Church controls the channel of communication with God, the saints, and a series of secret institutions and histories. Under these circumstances, all the other side can obtain is an extraordinary opportunity.

Rewards and punishments, advantages and disadvantages, truth and falsehood, before and after... all the extraordinary relationships are in the Roman Catholic Church. Your people, once they come here, are truly yours.
What kind of good thoughts are you having!

Angus was even surprised by the meticulous planning, subtle thinking, and keen political sense that Mario showed in this matter. It was a condition that no one else could refuse, and it was also a well-intentioned scheme!
If this continues, it won't be long—perhaps only ten years—before the Catholic Church will be the only voice left in the world.

They've mastered the entire process from beginning to end, yet they still can't recruit others to their side. Angus himself is about to step down and give way!

……

All of this was revealed to Bai Yang, which gave him a deeper understanding and insight into Angus and Mario.

"These two are quite good. They can shine in other worlds in the future. They can't be confined to this world!"

Bai Yang said quietly that unifying the Holy See was originally one of his plans. After all, the Holy See was the largest religious sect in the world and the first "creator god" he wanted to create. At the starting point of the future, it should be a great divine power.

Therefore, these sects must unite in order to better conduct the initiation ceremony.

Before he could even make a move, this special exotic expedition led Mario to find a great way to unify the world's beliefs, which was quite a coincidence.

"After the unification is completed, all these wishes will be concentrated in the hands of Jehovah. The wishes of 2.4 billion people, a quarter of the world's faith, will be unified into one god. Could this directly create a powerful, even great, god?"

Bai Yang was very curious, so he wanted to work hard towards this goal.

After all, he can even create gods. At that point, will his "lies" be able to completely evolve into reality, or even into rules?

"I walk on the path of the Creator; before us lies endless glory, and behind me, an abyss!"

(End of this chapter)