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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
{{Main|Urlazio Synod}} | {{Main|Urlazio Synod}} | ||
In [[1956]], the [[Catholic Church]] began backroom negotiations with the [[Government of Caphiria|Caphirian government]] about the possibility of mending or lessening the [[Great Schism of 1615]]. These talks occurred against the backdrop of the [[Occidental Cold War]] on one hand and a new global era of diplomacy backed by the [[League of Nations]] on the other. These negotiations culminated with an agreement to hold a synod of Catholic and [[Caphiric Church]] bishops in [[Urlazio]] in March [[1956]]. The [[government of Urcea]], then controlled by the [[Commonwealth Union (Urcea)|Commonwealth Union]], secretly collaborated with the Caphirian government to scuttle the talks, successfully cancelling the synod in late winter. | In the 1955 Urcean elections, the [[Commonwealth Union (Urcea|Commonwealth Union]] won a major victory, continuing a string of victories going back several decades. John Donnula was elected both [[Procuator]] and [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] of the [[Concilium Daoni]]. | ||
In [[1956]], the [[Catholic Church]] began backroom negotiations with the [[Government of Caphiria|Caphirian government]] about the possibility of mending or lessening the [[Great Schism of 1615]]. These talks occurred against the backdrop of the [[Occidental Cold War]] on one hand and a new global era of diplomacy backed by the [[League of Nations]] on the other. These negotiations culminated with an agreement to hold a synod of Catholic and [[Caphiric Church]] bishops in [[Urlazio]] in March [[1956]]. The [[government of Urcea]], then controlled by the [[Commonwealth Union (Urcea)|Commonwealth Union]], secretly collaborated with the Caphirian government to scuttle the talks, successfully cancelling the synod in late winter. As Procurator, John Donnula played a major role in undermining the talks. The sabotage of Church affairs was not known to King Patrick IV, who discovered it privately in [[1965]]. In his deathbed last will and testament published at his death on 1 February 1967, the King revealed the duplicity to the public. | |||
==Initial response== | ==Initial response== | ||
Patrick IV died at 4:52 PM on 1 February 1967, and his will and testament began to circulate in the late evening hours that day. It became clear to many journalists and a limited portion of the public that the Donnula government had acted duplicitously. Not only was the furtherance of the [[Catholic Church]] both a core of [[Culture of Urcea|Urcean culture]] and one of the state's self-described {{wp|raison d'etre}}s, but the religious differences between Urcea and Caphiria was one of the most common publicly stated reasons for the [[Occidental Cold War]] and animosity between the two states. | Patrick IV died at 4:52 PM on 1 February 1967, and his will and testament began to circulate in the late evening hours that day. It became clear to many journalists and a limited portion of the public that the Donnula government had acted duplicitously. Not only was the furtherance of the [[Catholic Church]] both a core of [[Culture of Urcea|Urcean culture]] and one of the state's self-described {{wp|raison d'etre}}s, but the religious differences between Urcea and Caphiria was one of the most common publicly stated reasons for the [[Occidental Cold War]] and animosity between the two states. | ||