On May 8, 2025, the Vatican elections were held in the Vatican - a significant event for millions of believers around the world. The head of the Roman Catholic Church was the 69-year-old American Cardinal Robert Extra, who took the name of Leo XIV. Originally from Chicago, he was ordained to priests in 1982, and in the last two years he was headed by a diploma of bishops. Eklue in general adheres to moderate views, but he is considered progressive in social matters.

Vladimir Pastukhov Zinaida Pronchenko asked me to write a column for the Sunday release of Republic. I admit honestly, this request has put me at a dead end. The status of a weekend column obliges some special genre, or entertaining, or instructive (depending on what is meant by rest). Writing the next note on the fields of the current agenda is not entirely decent. Hit the moralization is even less decent: where am I - and where is morality?

“The president and I went to the elections with a promise to fix Joe Biden's failures. And we are fulfilling our promises " Washington, March 18, 2025. US Vice President J. D.