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Kerknet (launched 2007) is the web portal of the Catholic Church in Flanders, Belgium. [1] It is run by a non-profit of the same name (Kerknet vzw), as well as having an 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]

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References

  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).