Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Italy for the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion. The leader, for a year now in sweatshirt and camouflage, will see President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

And he will go to Pope Francis, in the midst of that "mission of peace" initiated by the Vatican but whose contours are still completely reserved. The Holy See itself continues to speak of a "possible" meeting, also because one word too many or a misunderstood signal would be enough.