Vatican City Tension Score
building record · 4 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Vatican City, built by our own engine from 2,698 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.
Where Vatican City stands
#193 of 197 countries today, #45 of 49 in Europe (region score 49). Tension is steady this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Vatican City news pulse
rolling 30 daysWhat is driving Vatican City’s tension score
last 30 daysQuiet. Not one of the 2,698 world headlines our engine read in the last 30 days mentioned Vatican City. The score you see is the regional baseline: Europe at 49, weighted 15%.
Quiet is information too. The moment Vatican City enters the world news, this page moves within 12 hours and the number climbs with every headline that follows.
- Conflicts on the roster: none. Vatican City is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
Vatican City tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 7.0 | Calm | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Record for Vatican City began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Vatican City score is built
Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Europe region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.
Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.
No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.
Questions people ask about Vatican City
Is Vatican City in a war right now?
Not on our roster. Vatican City is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.
Is tension in Vatican City rising or falling?
Too early to say — the 7-day change appears once a week of data exists.
How does Vatican City compare with the rest of Europe?
Below its region: Vatican City reads 7 against 49 for Europe, ranking #45 of 49 there.
Keep exploring
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The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Europe · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Vatican City and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamA moral voice. The Vatican appears in our corpus when the Pope speaks on war, migration or peace talks. It is a signal of attention, not of violence.
What our engine watches in Vatican City
- Papal statements on wars and diplomacy