Innocent threatened the king with excommunication and in 1209 proceeded to excommunicate the King. John responded by threatening to excommunicate anyone who attempted to depose him. Mussolini also reportedly asked Pope Pius XII to excommunicate Hitler. Rather than excommunicate Bruce, Wishart absolved him and urged people to rise in his support. Prague was placed under interdict for sheltering the excommunicate Johann of Jesenic. Valdemar enlisted the help of Pope Gregory XI who agreed to excommunicate rebellious Danes. Unsurprisingly, Judith's father was furious and ordered his bishops to excommunicate the couple. Many Orthodox Church clergy condemned Kazantzakis' work and a campaign was started to excommunicate him. Pope Urban VIII banned the use of snuff in churches and threatened to excommunicate snuff-takers. Rinuccini, the Papal Nuncio, threatened to excommunicate anyone who accepted the deal. Tension with the local male hierarchy culminated in the local archbishop attempting to excommunicate her. The Synod of Trier (September 948) decided to excommunicate him for his actions. Unlike his predecessors and successors, Paul VI refused to excommunicate opponents. The council decided to excommunicate Cardinal Humbert and his colleagues. This causes the village priest to turn against Moorthy and excommunicate him.