Established by Pope Gregory XIII on 23 January 1576, it was the first in East Asia in the modern era and played a key role in ...

Pope Leo XIV has decreed the conferment of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (For the Church and the Pope) recognition upon Rev. Fr.

Our modern calendar is the Gregorian calendar, named for Pope Gregory XIII, who reformed it in 1582 to correct some errors in ...

(OSV News) — The Vatican has completed the official mosaic portrait of Pope Leo XIV, continuing a centuries-old tradition ...

While even well-meaning Catholics, if they read them at all, are tempted to treat papal encyclicals as period pieces—interesting, reverent, but safely sealed off from the present—Pope Gregory XVI’s ...

The Vatican has completed the official mosaic tondo of Pope Leo XIV. Created by the Vatican Mosaic Studio, it will be ...

COMMENTARY: Early signs from Leo’s first consistory suggest continuity with Pope Francis’ original pastoral vision — more in ...

A year of two popes and a Jubilee Year, 2025 was one to remember. From Atlanta to Rome, The Georgia Bulletin looks at some of ...

The reason why millions of Christians across Eatern Europe and Arab world celebrate Christmas on January 7, and not the ...

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday. Some ...

The Gregorian calendar, followed across most of the parts of world today, was introduced more than 400 years ago by Pope Gregory XIII.

Thanks to the widely adopted Gregorian calendar, most people have marked the new year on Jan. 1 for centuries. But with so many other calendar systems — such as the Chinese, Islamic or Hebrew calendar ...