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|translation = web/network

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|manager  = Catholic Church

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|registryprovider  = [[ARI Registry Services]]

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'''كاثوليك''' is an [[IDN]] [[Community gTLD]] being proposed in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Pontificium Consilium de Comunicationibus Socialibus]],<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref> which is the media and communications arm of the Vatican. It has applied for three IDN versions of its English ([[.catholic]]) TLD. The scripts represented are Arabic ([[.كاثوليك]]) ( Russian ([[.католик]]), and Hans Chinese ([[.天主教]]).  

'''كاثوليك''' is an [[IDN]] [[Community gTLD]] being proposed in [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. The applicant is [[Pontificium Consilium de Comunicationibus Socialibus]],<ref>[http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en Reveal Day 13 June 2012 – New gTLD Applied-For Strings]</ref> which is the media and communications arm of the Vatican. It has applied for three IDN versions of its English ([[.catholic]]) TLD. The scripts represented are Arabic ([[.كاثوليك]]), Russian ([[.католик]]), and Hans Chinese ([[.天主教]]).  

It will be a [[Closed TLD]], "Use [..] may be granted at the sole discretion of the PCCS to an affiliate such as recognised dioceses, religious orders and Catholic Church-affiliated institutions. The PCCS maintains a list of affiliates formally recognised by the Holy See as being part of the Catholic Church and thus being eligible to be granted use of a [Catholic IDN domain name]."<ref>Application 1-1311-1455. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>

It will be a [[Closed TLD]], "Use [..] may be granted at the sole discretion of the PCCS to an affiliate such as recognised dioceses, religious orders and Catholic Church-affiliated institutions. The PCCS maintains a list of affiliates formally recognised by the Holy See as being part of the Catholic Church and thus being eligible to be granted use of a [Catholic IDN domain name]."<ref>Application 1-1311-1455. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>