“There are, in fact, great expectations for a ‘return’ to multilateralism in foreign policy and a recovery of the relationship of trust with international organizations, starting with the UN,” said Alessandro Gisotti, deputy director of the Editorial Directorate at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication. “As Joe Biden prepares to be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, what has happened on Capitol Hill in recent days reminds us that democracy and its institutions are precious and should not be taken for granted simply because they have existed for so long.”