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This is a question that crossed my mind after I read the thread on how getting rid of a specific Pope would affect a Papacy.

The question I'm asking is not the same, it's more complex. How exactly does a POD affect the Papacy? When does it start to take action and make an ATL Pope first appear?

I imagine butterflies of direct consequences on the Papacy (death of Pope or ATL election result for example) will change the list of Popes immediately. But what of PODs not centred on the Papacy? Would all the Popes born before the POD still end up being elected Popes? And how does it affect those born after the PODs that aren't erased from History (i.e. those who exists but may not rise to the same preeminence as they did OTL)?
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