Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 20/Epilogue

The Pope is unconscious after being defeated by Fiamma, and another priest is reporting to him the current situation. The others in charge of the Roman Catholic Church (henceforth the RCC) submitted to Fiamma, either afraid of his power or planning to gain power from this conflict. They are also planning to hold a election for a new Pope soon. Then a nun rushed in to report the citizens of Rome had enough of supporting this war and are starting a revolution, which the priest says they must be stopped since they have no chance against the Vatican and will die meaninglessly. The priest lamented, saying if the Pope was awake then maybe things will turn out better.

The Pope woke up soon after that, and after seeing the various tragedy this war have produced on TV he was contacted by Vassilisa via magic. She asked him what is he going to do, and since she is currently fighting the Russian Orthodox Church (Henceforth ROC) so she cannot help him or stop the war. The Pope said he'll do whatever it takes to stop this, since that was the agreement he had with 'a certain mercenary'. The Pope then jumped out of the windows of his room and headed towards a political battlefield.

Bishop Nikolai, an opportunist in ROC that's supporting Fiamma in order to gain power, is communicating with Fiamma and they plan to modify Sasha Kruezhev so they can summon Archangel Gabriel in order to fight back against Academy City. Fiamma ends the conversation saing it's time for the joyous 'Bedlam' plan.

Academy City released the information they have on the Kremlin Report to the fighters attacking Japan,