Relationship dossier
Vatican City
Colombia
Relationship assessment
Longstanding ties reinforced by a concordat and Vatican engagement in Colombia’s peace process
Vatican City toward Colombia
+40The Holy See has engaged with Colombia’s peace process through diplomatic support and advocacy. Pope Francis visited Colombia in 2017, underscoring the Vatican’s direct engagement with the country.
Colombia toward Vatican City
+40Colombia has maintained a formal concordat with the Holy See, providing a durable framework for relations. Colombian governments have also engaged with Vatican diplomacy around peace efforts.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship rests on longstanding institutional ties, including a concordat, and has included Vatican engagement in Colombia’s peace process and a papal visit. These features point to sustained cooperation, though the current scope of the concordat and peace-related engagement is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Vatican City and Colombia have sustained ties shaped by the Catholic Church’s historic role in Colombia. Their relationship includes a concordat and Vatican engagement in Colombia’s peace process. Pope Francis’s 2017 visit further highlighted the Holy See’s engagement with the country.
Key developments
Colombia and the Holy See signed a concordat establishing a framework for their relations.
Pope Francis visited Colombia, with the visit drawing attention to peace and reconciliation.
The Vatican engaged diplomatically in support of Colombia’s peace process.
Major uncertainties
- The present scope and implementation of the concordat’s provisions are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing Vatican involvement in Colombia’s peace efforts is unclear.