Vatican received from the competent agency for the allocation of
Internet addresses ICANN a right to an Internet domain “.catholic”,
reported “Seebiz”.
The
rights of the Pontifical Council for the media on the domain are also
worth for the text in Cyrillic, Arabian and Chinese languages, reported
Vatican Radio.
Vatican will allow the use of the domain
“.catholic” only to institutions with canon law, said one of the
associates of the Pontifical Council for media and added that this
category also includes dioceses, parishes, orders, Catholic
universities, schools and hospitals.
This would, as he said, enable systematic and organized supervision of the Church on the Internet.
ICANN is still considering giving the rights for other addresses with religious context.
The
American Bible Society is hoping to gain the right to the address
“.bible”, and if it would get it, it would allow its use only to
individuals and groups who have “healthy attitude toward the Bible”.
A request for having own domain costs $185,000, followed by a complex process of testing before the final decision.