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Catholic News Service is a leading agency for religious news. Its mission is to report fully, fairly and freely on the involvement of the church in the world today.

Leap year’s extra day has a Catholic origin

February 27, 2020
By Donis Tracy
Filed Under: Feature, News, Uncategorized, World News

Did you know the present system of calculating the leap years was designed around fixing the date of Easter?

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