The original Roman calendar divided the year from March to December into 10 months of either 29 or 31 days, based on lunar ...

Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and ...

Pope Francis said that the Catholic Church is ready to accept a single date for all Christians to celebrate Easter.

This was when Pope Gregory XIII decided to implement a new, reformed calendar – known as the Gregorian calendar in his honour. But what calendar was used before this and why did the church ...

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 ...

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

Teymour Taj celebrates the beginning of 2025 by exploring the weird and wonderful history of calendars As 2025 rolled in, ...

A majority of Russian Orthodox churches worldwide use the Julian calendar, which celebrates Christmas on Jan. 7, instead of using the Gregorian calendar proposed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.

Therefore, as time goes on, the solar year becomes more and more out of sync. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII proposed that the church uses the Gregorian calendar, which is still used in most parts of ...

This was when Pope Gregory XIII decided to implement a new, reformed calendar – known as the Gregorian calendar in his honour. Screengrabs of the missing days in the iPhone calendar have gone ...