The episode that shook one of the most important voices of the conservative Catholic world in Italy during the summer of 2025—namely the blog Messainlatino.it—remains one of the most eloquent signs of the ethical fragilities afflicting today’s digital ecosystem. The blog was taken offline for twelve days by Google-Blogger under the generic accusation of ‘hate speech.’ It was deprived, without prior notice, of its public space, despite the editors’ attention and care in balancing full conformity of the content with Catholic doctrine and the utmost respect owed to individuals.
The sudden removal—occurring after the publication of a letter by Bishop Strickland against the female diaconate, following a series of reports and amid the already tense climate after the revelations concerning the Summorum Pontificum dossier—highlighted how easily an algorithm can become an instrument of unjust censorship, especially when quantitative judgment prevails over the assessment of facts. europeanconservative.com covered the matter here.
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