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The likelihood of a meteorite hitting the Vatican today is effectively zero.
While meteorites occasionally fall to Earth—typically small ones that burn up in the atmosphere or land in remote areas—the chance of one striking a specific, small location like the Vatican is astronomically low. NASA and other space agencies continuously monitor near-Earth objects, and as of today, no known asteroid or meteorite poses any threat to Earth, including the Vatican.
For context:
City-killer asteroids (large enough to cause significant local damage) are estimated to impact Earth only once every few thousand years.
Smaller meteorites (like those that could hit a person) are rare; the last known case was in 1954 when a woman in Alabama was struck.
The Vatican Observatory itself maintains a meteorite collection and studies space rocks, but it does not face any immediate risk from incoming meteorites.
Thus, there is no cause for concern—the Vatican is not in any danger from a meteorite impact today.