It was supposed to be his holiness Pope Peter II 'The Young Weasel Pope', but as his nickname would suggest, he 'weasled' his way out and decided to send his blessings and wishes along with the Cardinal Secretary of State. Not that it minded Giancola much, he just preferred to remain at home in the Vatican and assist briefly with foreign relations matters with the Under secretary of State as well praying, but alas one way or the other when the Holy Father demanded him to represent him, the Church and the Ecclesiastical State, he had to just obey. With an entire squad of Guardians of St. Peter's Throne, him being clad in the finest attires fit for a decent and respectable cardinal such as himself, he went forth to the bridal couple.
"Duke Lauren...Princess Elena...Please accept the best wishes and blessings from the Holy Father of Celestis himself, mandated by our Heavenly Lord. As we're about to witness this lifelong union between Man and Woman, I've also brought along appropriate gifts for this magnificent ocassion in the sight of God and it is to your liking and tastes, we Ecclesiasticals are sure of it, in fact many of these are from the citizens and especially the Herrenbuchtian expatriates who couldn't unfortunately travel back home in time to witness this."
Cardinal Giancola also gave his quick greeting to Duke Philipp before entering St. Henrik's Cathedral, which was awfully beautiful for being a protestant cathedral the cardinal thought silently, not trying to think in a judgemental manner or anything. This was to be a great time meeting officials from other nations as well.
