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Kerknet

Kerknet is the web portal of the Catholic Church in Flanders, Belgium. It was initially run by a non-profit of the same name, together with its associated YouTube Channel and Twitter profile. In May 2012 the site was subject to a series of DDOS attacks seeking to "silence the Church". On 18 February 2015 the site was relaunched as a web portal.

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Kerknet (launched 2007) is the web portal of the Catholic Church in Flanders, Belgium.1 It was initially run by a non-profit of the same name (Kerknet vzw), together with its associated YouTube Channel and Twitter profile. In May 2012 the site was subject to a series of DDOS attacks seeking to "silence the Church".2 On 18 February 2015 the site was relaunched as a web portal.3

In May 2024 the Kerknet web portal became part of the newly established Catholic media group Otheo.4

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  1. "Danneels lanceert vernieuwd kerknet.be". De Morgen (in Dutch). 18 Sep 2007.
  2. Hans Op De Beeck (23 May 2012). "Hackers Kerknet willen Kerk zwijgen opleggen". De Morgen (in Dutch).
  3. Eric van den Berg (14 Feb 2015). "'Kerknet 2.0': Nieuwe website Vlaamse Kerk start Aswoensdag". Katholiek.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  4. "De Katholieke Kerk in België 2024" [Annual report of the Catholic Church in Belgium] (PDF) (in Dutch). 2024.