For Britons the end of the tax year looms on April 5th. Why such a seemingly random date?

Nigeria and the US shared public holidays like New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve, ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Europe. Followed categories will be added to My News. Indeed, not every pope has been the humble leader that the late Pope Francis clearly was. Through history ...

Gregory XIII (1572–1585) — Jesuit sympathizer, calendar pope Best known for launching the Gregorian Calendar still used today. Though not a Jesuit, his papacy strengthened Jesuit missions ...

(Here’s why some people celebrate Christmas in January.) Pope Gregory XIII found the situation untenable, so his Gregorian calendar was unveiled in 1582—after another drastic adoption of time ...

Pope Leo XIV says he chose the name in honor of Leo XIII, connecting his predecessor’s focus on workers during the industrial ...

Pope Leo XIII, who was pope from 1878-1903 ... Leo is among the most frequently taken names by a pope, with only Benedict, Gregory and John having been chosen more often. Of the 13 previous ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost's selection of the name Pope Leo XIV was an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, the father of Catholic social doctrine.