Anonymous Hackers Turn Their Attention to Vatican Website

The Vatican Website apparently is the latest victim of the hacker group Anonymous, reportedly taken down March 7 in protest of everything from the Catholic Church’s doctrine and tenets to the sexual abuse of children by priests.

The Vatican’s Website, at www.vatican.va, was down for a while March 7, though appeared to back up and running by 5 p.m. ET. A Vatican spokesman confirmed with the Associated Press that the site was down, but declined to speculate on the cause.