VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the ...

In 1752, from Sept. 3rd to 13th, people witnessed a unique historical event. Eleven days were cut from the calendar and deleted forever.

Pope Francis on Sunday called for a unified Easter date among Christian churches in the spirit of promoting unity. "It is a ...

The United States, like much of the world, operates on the Gregorian Calendar that was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. Unlike the Julian Calendar, that proceeded it by more than 1,600 ...

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar, dropping 10 days and making the equinox fall on March 21 again. Most Eastern Christians did not adopt the new calendar, leading to a situation where ...

A remote Shetland island is celebrating its New Year's Day - two weeks after other parts of the world. Foula - which is home ...

Pope Francis has renewed his proposal for the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church to have a common date to celebrate Holy ...

instead of using the Gregorian calendar proposed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. Judge orders Lackawanna County to provide to plaintiffs list of people jailed for failing to pay child support and ...

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar, dropping 10 days and making the equinox fall on March 21 again. Most Eastern Christians did not adopt the new calendar, leading to a situation ...

Getty Images Foula is less than five miles long More than four centuries ago, Pope Gregory XIII designed the calendar used today ... He spent some of his life on mainland Shetland during his ...