On the day Sean “Diddy” Combs was convicted on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, Jason Swain’s mind raced ...

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Leap years were first introduced with the Julian calendar in 46 BC by Julius Caesar, who added an extra day to February every four years, based on the work of the astronomer Sosigenes, to account for ...

Around the world, we are “witnessing an alarming rise in attempts to discredit, politicize or suppress scientific knowledge,” the Vatican says in a new Pontifical Academy of Sciences document ...

(RNS) — Around the world, we are “witnessing an alarming rise in attempts to discredit, politicize or suppress scientific knowledge,” the Vatican says in a new (June 16) Pontifical Academy of Sciences ...

By Keiko Kurane Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, has stressed the Holy See and Japan ’s joint ...

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered the advancement of the calendar by 10 days and introduced a new corrective device to curb further error: century years such as 1700 or 1800 would no longer be ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole and African ancestry, traced to Louisiana and West Africa, is prompting celebration and curiosity among ...

The Chicago-born Pope has made explicit reference to Leo XIII, a 19th century pope who focused strongly on social issues and played a role as a mediator in international conflicts.

The observatory traces its roots to the solar calendar reform of Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, which corrected a widening gap between the calendar and the seasons incurred by the Julian calendar. With a ...