.va is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Vatican City State. It is administered by the Vatican Internet Service. Background The .va top-level domain was created in 1995 by Archbishop John Patrick Foley of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. The website Vatican.va went live on Christmas day 1995. Description Second-level domains are not available to the public. Name and email servers within the .va namespace include john.vatican.va (DNS and email), michael.vatican.va (DNS), paul.vatican.va (email), lists.vatican.va (email), and vatiradio.va (email). Websites At least 23 easily adopted names starting with "www" in the .va zone, with many more email-only subdomains. See also Index of Vatican City-related articles .catholic References Computer-related introductions in 1995 Communications in Vatican City Dicastery for Communication Country code top-level domains Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members