Pope Francis says he supports setting a fixed date for Easter Sunday

by Joseph Saraceno

papa junio 2015Pope Francis said he supports the idea of setting a fixed date for Easter Sunday, which for centuries has moved back and forth according to the lunar calendar.

Easter and the Holy Week that precedes it is rooted in the Jewish Passover and fixed on the first full moon, which falls on the first Sunday after the spring equinox, March 21. MORE