The Ukrainian president’s visit comes at a potentially pivotal moment in the war against Russia, as Kyiv’s forces make advances near the key eastern city of Bakhmut.
Although favism, a blood disorder that can cause a violent reaction to fava beans, lurks throughout Italy, many Romans look forward to May, when the legumes are in season.
Eduard Habsburg, Viktor Orban’s man at the Vatican, took the post after a career as a zombie movie screenwriter, novelist and cartoon producer. “I can get along with anybody,” says the descendant of emperors.
The assembly includes bishops from all over the world and takes years to prepare for. For the first time, an upcoming synod will allow women and laypeople to vote.