Why am I getting a error message saying can’t connect to a secure server

Details here matter. There are similar-seeming messages for different issues, a d from various apps.

Which iPhone are you using, and which iOS version are you using? (Settings > General > About)

Do you have an add-on VPN client app installed? If so, remove it and try again.

Please transcribe the text of the error message that you are encountering; posting the complete message here.

You might not know what that message means, but we might.

Which app are you using when you are “using Google” here, too? Mail? Safari? One of the many Google apps?

1016 DNS origin error is a website configuration problem. The site you’re trying to connect to is having issues. Try again later, once the website sorts out their issues.

What is the exact and complete message?

Surely it included the name of the server that it could not establish a secure connection to.