The few Archbishops in the room immediately widened their eyes in shock.
Such a significant matter as replacing Cardinals was decided by the Holy See without notifying these Spanish Archbishops to return to Rome for discussions.
Campos, seeing their faces filled with astonishment and reluctance, felt a surge of intense satisfaction within him.
Back in the day, when he followed His Majesty Charles III in reforming the Church, he was wearied by the various overt and covert tactics of these Archbishops. This time, he finally avenged past humiliations!
Initially, when the Crown Prince of France told him that the Church could be made to bow to the Spanish government, he didn't believe it at all.
However, the Vatican actually replaced three Cardinals.
What Campos did not know was that this time, it was the Vatican that sought Joseph's assistance—
