A Communique from The Cardinal Secretary of State
To Catholic Countries and Journalist Organizations of the World,
Pax Vobiscum.
For years and years has the Acta Diurna Borgiae, Daily Acts of The Borgia, served as the state news media of the Papal Empire and Kingdoms of Spain and Low Countries. It has provided a stable and consistent font of access to the news and events of out nation for international consumption, albeit as a state media, it has not been perfect in its fair coverage of events outside our realm. During and after the Sack of Rome, the collapse of the ADB was frankly a disaster. Radio silence from the Empire all but cut off the rock of Saint Peter from the wider church. We must not allow that to happen again.
Thus as Prefect and editor of the ADB, I am doing what should have been done long ago. We are opening the ADB to international broadcast and international contribution. Here articles may be expressed for important national and international news, utilizing the ADB format. All news shall be shared fully and openly across our channels around the world and posted as both online articles and read aloud as televised newscasts by ADB's trusted correspondents. We will also allow for an open forum, for non-news people to post comments and share in the exchange of ideas and debate. I feel this is what the ADB is truly lacking now and most needs to be changed.
The only requirement for utilizing this news channel is that said poster must be of a Catholic State, Catholic Majority Country, Catholic Organization, corporation or news conglomerate under Catholic ownership in communion with the Pope of Rome. As the ADB is a functioning branch of the Holy Mother Church, we cannot have it any other way. However, after considerable begging on my part...His Holiness Soter II has been open to allowing non-Catholic news media to post if they negotiate a licensing deal/fee with myself and get the approval of the Papacy. Note: Foreign entities licensed to post under the ADB will face heavy scrutiny from the Office of the Inquisition, and it will not tolerate critcism of the pontiff nor the Catholic religion and our Empire. I have tried my best on that point, but Pierre d'Euse, Grand Inquisitor, will not budge.
The format for posts and comments will be attached.
Speaking for His Holiness Soter II,
His Eminence, Jaime Miguel de Borja y Unamuno, Cardinal Secretary of State of The Papal States, Prefect and Chief Editor for The Acta Diurna Borgiae, Viceroy of New Spain and Marquis of Selva Alegre
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Format for Comment on someone's article:
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[quote][b][url=LINK TO YOUR NATION]MAKE YOURSELF A USERNAME[/url] * INSERT RANDOM NUMBER Points * CITY, COUNTRY * DATE[/b]
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OOC Rules:
1. My word is law. If I ban you from RP, you don't post. ADB reserves the right to order the censorship of news articles.
2. News posts must be longer than a paragraph. It's a news article. Not a tweet. Pg-13 news is fine. Just don't break any site-wide rules, man. Come on.
3. Comments on news articles can quote them, but put a *snip* in there so we don't have to break our fingers scrolling.
4. Please do not attempt to modify the posting code.
5. No advertising your IC companies. This is a church funded, Vatican bank funded, news corp. News only.
6. TG me if you aren't an IC catholic country to 'negotiate' a posting license.
7. You do not have to recognize our Pope as your pope, but no denunciations of ours in return. Thanks.
8. This place will serve as a repository as well of news articles I make for RPs.
9. Title your post subjects.