Vatican opposes faith-based Web addresses: Could lead to "bitter disputes"
Establishing Internet domain names based on religion would lead to “bitter disputes” among churches, the Vatican has warned the nonprofit entity responsible for the Internet’s naming system.
Domain names that refer to religion, such as “.catholic, .anglican, .orthodox, .hindu, .islam; .muslim, .buddhist, etc., . . . could provoke competing claims among theological and religious traditions,” wrote Carlo Maria Polvani, a Vatican representative, in a statement sent to the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).