The Vatican is currently Taiwan's sole diplomatic partner in Europe, and therefore has long been a focus of attention for ROC citizenry. With the initiation of reform in mainland China in 1978, interaction between the Holy See and the PRC has grown in frequency. Taiwan-Vatican relations since then have seemingly faltered at times, but have nonetheless remained intact.
梵蒂岡是台灣目前在歐洲唯一的邦交國，兩國外交關係一直受到國人高度關注，一九七八年中共改革開放以來，教廷與中共互動頻繁，多年來台灣與梵蒂岡外交似乎風雨飄搖，卻又歷久彌堅。