Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has embarked on a crucial diplomatic mission to Italy and the Vatican, where he is expected to hold talks with senior officials in the Italian government and the Roman Catholic Church. A planned meeting with Pope Francis is particularly significant, the pontiff’s recent disclosure of the Holy See’s push to end the war in Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader’s trip marks his first visit to Italy since Russia launched its full-scale invasion early last year. The pope had hinted to journalists that a Vatican “mission” concerning the war was currently underway, a statement to which both Moscow and Kyiv publicly expressed surprise. How important is Rome to ending the war ?

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