1752 was also the first year that began on ... running from 25 March until 31 December. The change to the Gregorian calendar is also the reason the new tax year starts on 6 April.

Pope Francis said he’d support the Western and Eastern Churches using a common date for Easter. This year, both trad­itions ...

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull that officially ended the use of the Julian calendar, introducing in its place what we now know as the Gregorian calendar. This reform marked the ...

Because the lunar calendar is always 29 ½ days and the Gregorian Calendar is not in sync, Easter can be any Sunday from March 22 to April 25! The last time Easter Sunday fell on March 22 was in ...