Though the existence of the god of sea had the churches cooperating with one another, that didn't mean they worked in harmony or liked being in each other's presence.
Nothing irked a church like having members of another parading in their territory and worst of all their base, the worst being when it was a pope who didn't come from their church.
Though the church of Light enjoyed monopolies of producing a pope, they had lost the last competition and so now had to happily tolerate the pope on their soil whenever she came around.
The current pope was from the church of Fire and she was a feisty and fearless woman and unlike the other previous foreign popes who were respectful when they entered Gharacterol, she moved within the continent like she owned it, the church having to beckon the champion of light to limit her sometimes.