John L. Allen Jr.
Russian recruits called up for military service amid their invasion of Ukraine, walk along a platform before boarding a train in Omsk, Russia, November 27. Photo: CNS/Alexey Malgavko, Reuters Letter from Rome Just a stone’s throw from St Peter’s Square lies the Via delle Fornaci, a major Roman artery that leads from the Vatican all the way up the Janiculum hill. Much of the traffic that flows in and out of the Pope’s domain travels the street, and businesses in the vicinity of the…
