Here's an article from two years ago, offering hope for the future despite uncertain times. It still gives hope even today:
WHY I’M STAYING IN ROME, EVEN WHILE IT CRUMBLES
A British Novelist Will Remain in the Eternal City Because of What Its Past Can Teach About Surviving the Present
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2018/08/14/im-staying-rome-even-crumbles/ideas/essay/