Relationship dossier
Vatican City
Luxembourg
Relationship assessment
Cordial government-level engagement, highlighted by Pope Francis’s 2024 visit to Luxembourg
Vatican City toward Luxembourg
+20During his 2024 visit to Luxembourg, Pope Francis met with the country’s state authorities, providing a concrete instance of high-level engagement.
Luxembourg toward Vatican City
+20Luxembourg received Pope Francis on a 2024 visit that included engagement with the country’s state authorities.
Overall relationship
+15The relationship includes cordial high-level contact, notably through Pope Francis’s visit and meetings with Luxembourg’s state authorities in 2024. The broader scope of bilateral cooperation is less clear.
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
Relations include high-level engagement between Luxembourg’s state authorities and Pope Francis during his 2024 visit. The visit reflects cordial government-level contact, though the scope of broader bilateral cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
Pope Francis visited Luxembourg and met with state authorities.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of broader bilateral government cooperation is unclear.
- The extent of implementation of any bilateral agreements is unclear.