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I have come across an interesting curiosity that relates back to this game. I changed how Bishops move in this game to reflect that they are Anglican rather than Roman Catholic. Because of yesterday's date, I have been looking into a particular topic that would be too controversial to get into here, but one thing I have learned in pursuing this topic is that the Roman Catholic Church represents itself with the image of a cup-bearing woman known as Fides, which is Latin for faith. As is common knowledge here, the standard form of Chess is known as FIDE Chess. The coincidental similarity between the names FIDE and Fides at least fits with my original idea that the Bishops in Chess are Roman Catholic, though it's by no means proof of anything. Indeed, it would be nonsense to say that they are Roman Catholic in any absolute sense, since they are game pieces, not people. But in the context of comparing this game with FIDE Chess, the FIDE Bishops are understood to be Roman Catholic, and the similarity between FIDE and Fides reflects this.