Website reputation report

catholic.org

Last checked 59 minutes ago · Point-in-time assessment

● Evidence is limited

What is this website?

catholic.org is currently classified in the Libraries and Museums category based on observed public pages. An About page was also found. The sampled pages were marked as English-language. Recurring page-metadata topics include bible, library, prayers.

No listed local patterns observedHomepage-only analysis is not a malware clearance. Read the scope and findings below.

76/100Safety Score
75%Evidence Confidence
Trust Radar evidence profile Eight evidence dimensions from zero to one hundred. Exact values surround the chart. Threat Intelligence55 Domain History95 Infrastructure88 Website Security95 Security Hygiene70 Transparency51 Reputation50 Operational Stability96
Trust RadarEight observed factors. Select one to inspect its evidence.

How to read this report

Safety Score evaluates observed signals. Evidence Confidence measures how complete, direct, fresh, and consistent those signals are.

No automated scan can guarantee that a website is safe.

Independent evidence brief

What we observed about catholic.org

Updated Oct 1, 2026

The latest scan examined 10 public pages on catholic.org. Website descriptions below come from the site itself. Registration, connection and threat findings were checked separately.

Purpose and visible content

On its About page, the site says: Contact Catholic Online, address, phone number, fax, email.

Registrar and domain history

Registered on Nov 16, 1994. Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC.

Recorded expiry date: Nov 15, 2034. Registry data can change.

Connection and hosting evidence

The checked homepage returned HTTP 200.

A valid TLS certificate was observed, expiring Nov 12, 2026.

Threat checks and score context

External malware-provider coverage was unavailable. The report does not treat this missing check as a clean result.

Safety Score: 76/100. Evidence Confidence: 75%. These measure different things.

Public content profile

Pages reviewed on catholic.org

10 of up to 10 pages

We sampled public pages from this website to understand its subject and contact paths. The titles and short descriptions below come from the website itself. They are not endorsements or independent safety findings.

Catholic Online - World's Catholic LibraryWorld's Catholic Library. Find saints, prayers, bible, daily readings, catholic news and everything Catholic. Contact Us - About Us - Catholic OnlineContact Catholic Online, address, phone number, fax, email. Privacy Policy - About Us - Catholic OnlineCatholic Online takes user privacy seriously. This is our privacy statement and it details how we may use the information provided or obtained by us. Terms of Use - About Us - Catholic OnlineThere are the terms of service for Catholic Online. Whenever you use this site or any of our services, we are bound by these terms of service. News - Catholic OnlineCatholic Online News. The best resources for all catholic news. Bible - Catholic OnlineThe New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside o Saints & Angels - Catholic OnlineSearch over 7,000 Catholic saint bios. Including easy to search alphabetical (A-Z) list of saints, Female/Women saints, Patron saints, Popular saints, Feast Days by month, Saint of Prayers - Catholic OnlineLibrary of Catholic prayers on perseverance, peace, love, devotion, and many more topics. Offers prayers in French, Latin, Spanish and English. Welcome to Catholic Life - Catholic OnlineWelcome to Catholic Life. Here are handy links to resources that will provide you with the news and information you need as a practicing Catholic. Easter / Lent - Catholic OnlineLent is a season of prayer and fasting before Easter. The season lasts 46 days and during this time, Catholics attend Mass and Reconciliation, make personal sacrifices, and perform

Public page evidence

Topics and keywords observed on catholic.org

4 phrases

These phrases were extracted locally from sampled public page metadata. They are observations, not search-volume or ranking estimates.

bibleTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
libraryTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
prayersTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages
saintsTitle, H1, Meta description2 sampled pages

At a glance

Key findings

✓

Report is current

The displayed evidence comes from the published immutable scan.

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Confidence is separate

Unavailable evidence is shown as missing and never counted as clean.

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Fully explainable

Why this score?

Versioned weights
Threat IntelligenceWeight 25%
55/100

Threat providers were unavailable. The neutral uncertainty baseline is not a clean verdict.

Domain HistoryWeight 10%
95/100

Domain registration age and expiry were checked.

InfrastructureWeight 10%
88/100

Observed DNS records and network address were checked.

Website SecurityWeight 15%
95/100

Observed certificate validity and TLS protocol were checked.

Security HygieneWeight 15%
70/100

Observed security header values were checked for basic protective settings. Empty values, disabled HSTS and unrecognized values receive no credit. This is not a complete browser-policy validation.

TransparencyWeight 5%
51/100

Observed site metadata and About page were checked. Publisher-supplied details are not independently verified.

ReputationWeight 5%
50/100

Popularity is weak context, not proof of safety. Unranked sites use a neutral baseline.

Operational StabilityWeight 15%
96/100

Observed HTTP status and final connection scheme were checked.

Server-side analysis

Automated security checks

Local antivirus and phishing checks

ClamAV · homepage HTMLLocal antivirus is not enabled
Phishing.Database · exact hostnameLocal feed snapshot unavailable

Sampled scripts and pages

Resource antivirus is not enabled

0 resources checked · 2 script links observed on the homepage. Partial resource coverage.

ClamAV inspects the fetched homepage HTML on our server. New scans also sample up to four linked scripts and two collected internal pages, with size and time limits. Scripts are not executed. Other downloads, private server files and logged-in pages remain outside this check. A signature match needs investigation and can be a false positive. No match is not a whole-site safety guarantee.

Exact hostname lookup uses a downloaded Phishing.Database snapshot. It does not send this domain to an external lookup API or mark sibling subdomains as harmful. Not listed does not mean safe. Snapshot age is download age, not proof that every entry was recently revalidated.

Homepage HTML only · Eight local rule families · local-security-v2

Checks use the fetched page and redirect chain. Scripts are not executed, forms are not submitted, and linked files are not downloaded. This is not a malware clearance.

Page resource inventory

Linked scripts2
Inline scripts5
Embedded frames0
External script hosts2

Counts describe the sampled HTML, not every resource loaded by the browser. External resources are common and are not automatically harmful.

No listed local patterns observed. The limited rule set cannot detect every threat or behavior.

External threat intelligence

Provider coverageNot checked

Local checks do not query external reputation databases. An unavailable check is never a clean result.

Registration

Domain information

Public RDAP observation
Canonical domaincatholic.org
RegistrarGoDaddy.com, LLC
RegisteredNov 16, 1994
Domain age31 years
ExpiresNov 15, 2034
Registry statusesclient delete prohibited · client renew prohibited · client transfer prohibited · client update prohibited
Report statePublished

Infrastructure

Network & hosting

Observed endpoint, not legal location
IP address69.16.233.11
Autonomous systemUnavailable
Network organizationUnavailable
Observed countryUnavailable
CDNNot detected
Web application firewallNot detected

At a glance

Infrastructure summary

Observed during this scan

A compact view of the connection, DNS and security surface. These observations describe what the scanner could verify at scan time and do not prove ownership or ongoing availability.

HTTP response200 · https://www.catholic.org/
Endpoint69.16.233.11
NetworkUnavailable
CDN and WAFNot detected · Not detected
DNS surface8 records · 2 nameservers · 2 mail exchangers
Protection signals3 security headers · 5 technologies · DNSSEC unknown

Page telemetry

Observed page statistics

Safe metadata only

These counters describe the fetched response and sampled HTML. Script counts describe references in the markup, not a complete browser network log. Cookie counts cover observed response headers.

Response size216,796 bytes
HTTP check duration0 ms
Cookies observed1
Script resources2 · 2 external hosts
Frames and sampled checks0 frames · 0 resources checked

Encrypted transport

TLS certificate

Valid when observed
StatusValid when observed
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuercountryName=US, organizationName=Let's Encrypt, commonName=YR1
Valid fromAug 14, 2026
Valid untilNov 12, 2026
Certificate namescatholic.org · www.catholic.org

Resolution

DNS footprint

DNSKEY status unknown

DNSKEY presence does not verify the DNSSEC signature chain. Missing records can mean no record was returned or the lookup was unavailable.

A69.16.233.11TTL —
NSns53.domaincontrol.comTTL —
NSns54.domaincontrol.comTTL —
MX10 mx1.emailsrvr.comTTL —
MX20 mx2.emailsrvr.comTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=lkikDJj9v9jcjnMbxamr7z_Pts-95wADdJ0WcxuOKpQTTL —
TXTgoogle-site-verification=PfV_R-97inKQ3E1bcck5YmDQoil_8k2tYvZEN_UYYkwTTL —
TXTv=spf1 include:emailsrvr.com ~allTTL —

DNS observations · no external lookup API

Domain email protection

Exact-host SPF and DMARC observations help the owner investigate email impersonation risks. They are separate from website malware checks and do not change the Safety Score.

SPFPolicy record observed, not fully validated
DMARCMonitoring-only DMARC policy

What to do next

Review the records with your mail administrator. Inventory legitimate senders and test SPF and DKIM alignment before enforcing a stricter DMARC policy. Fix duplicate records and investigate overly permissive SPF rules.

This bounded check does not send email, probe SMTP, evaluate recursive SPF includes, verify DKIM signatures or apply organizational-domain DMARC inheritance. A missing subdomain record does not prove that no inherited protection exists. A DNS timeout is unknown, not an absent record. A policy record is not proof that messages authenticate successfully.

Responsible disclosure

security.txt

RFC 9116 observation

No readable security.txt file was observed at the standard locations. This is informational and is not evidence of malware.

Browser protections

Security headers

3 observed
strict-transport-securitypresent max-age=15768000
x-content-type-optionspresent nosniff
x-frame-optionspresent SAMEORIGIN

Response headers

Cookie protections

Passive observation
Cookies observed1
Missing Secure1
Missing HttpOnly1
Missing SameSite1

Only cookie attribute counts are retained. Cookie names and values are never stored. These observations are not proof of compromise and do not independently change the Safety Score.

Detected stack

Technologies

Bootstrap 80% Google Analytics 94% Nginx 93% PHP 88% WordPress 95%

Versions are shown only when publicly exposed by the page or response headers. An observed version is not, by itself, proof of a vulnerability.

JavaScript library advisories

JavaScript advisory analysis could not be completed or no eligible script files were sampled. No clean result is implied.

Recommended maintenance checks

NginxReview the Nginx branch and keep security patches current. Avoid exposing detailed server version headers.
PHPCheck the PHP branch against your host support policy and plan updates before the branch reaches end of security support.
WordPressKeep WordPress core, themes and plugins updated. Remove unused plugins and review administrator accounts.

About this website

What the site says about itself

Contact Catholic Online, address, phone number, fax, email.

View the site's About page ↗

This is publisher supplied information. The independent safety findings are shown separately.

Publisher supplied

Public contact details

These details were observed on the website, not independently verified as an active support channel.

Emailads@catholiconline.emailSource: https://www.catholic.org/about/contactus.php
Emailcustomerservice@catholiconline.emailSource: https://www.catholic.org/about/contactus.php

Structured facts

Website identity & response

Public page metadata
Page titleCatholic Online - World's Catholic Library
First headingCatholic Online World's Catholic Library
DescriptionWorld's Catholic Library. Find saints, prayers, bible, daily readings, catholic news and everything Catholic.
Canonical URLhttps://www.catholic.org/
Final URLhttps://www.catholic.org/
HTTP response200 · text/html; charset=UTF-8 · duration unavailable
Languageen
Structured typesOrganization · WebSite
Page page detectedhttps://www.catholic.org/news/About page detectedhttps://www.catholic.org/about/contactus.php
1100% evidence confidence
en100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
missing100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Dns consistency.cname present100% evidence confidence
unavailable100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
2100% evidence confidence
8100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors credentials with wildcard100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.cors wildcard origin100% evidence confidence
Local headers.csp present100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts include subdomains100% evidence confidence
15768000100% evidence confidence
Local headers.hsts preload100% evidence confidence
1100% evidence confidence
Local headers.permissions policy present100% evidence confidence

Connection path

Redirect chain

1 recorded hops
Hop 1https://www.catholic.org/

The chain is shown exactly as observed by the scanner. A redirect is not itself a malware finding, but unexpected domains or an HTTP downgrade deserve review.

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Compared with the previous scan

What changed

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Explainable matching

Digital fingerprint

fingerprint-v1
bright-vector-ring-406

Comparable components help find technically related websites. A match does not prove common ownership.

DnsHashed private comparison value
TechnologiesHashed private comparison value

Material changes only

Change history

No meaningful changes recorded yet.

Website icon for catholic.org

Visual evidence

Website screenshot

Screenshot of catholic.org
Earlier browser capture retained because this scan did not produce a usable replacement. It is not fresh scan evidence.

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Questions about catholic.org

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Is catholic.org safe to visit?

The latest Safety Score is 76/100 with 75% Evidence Confidence. This is a point-in-time assessment of observed technical signals, not a guarantee. Check the exact address and avoid entering payment details if anything looks unusual.

Did the scan detect malware on catholic.org?

External threat-provider coverage was unavailable for this scan, so malware status is unverified.

When was catholic.org registered?

The public registry record shows Nov 16, 1994. Registration details may be privacy-protected or updated later.

Did catholic.org have a valid TLS certificate?

The scanner observed a valid TLS certificate using TLSv1.3. A valid certificate alone does not establish that the site is safe.

How does catholic.org describe itself?

The website's About page describes its purpose in the report above. This is publisher-supplied information and is separate from independent security findings.

Can a paid listing change this website's score?

No. Premium placement and owner-supplied pages are labelled separately. Technical evidence, the Safety Score and moderation decisions remain independent.