Pope Francis has called on Christians to introduce a single date for celebrating Easter.
The pontiff said this during a sermon on January 25, 2025, reports Ukrainska Pravda citing Vatican News.
“Let us rediscover the common roots of the faith. Let us preserve unity!” the Roman hierarch said.
Also, Pope Francis noted that 2025 will see the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea, the first of the great Ecumenical Councils, which produced the Nicene Creed. This creed, the Pope said, “is a common profession of faith that transcends all the divisions that have riven the Body of Christ over the centuries.”
According to the pontiff, the anniversary of its proclamation is “an opportunity for all Christians who recite the same Creed and believe in the same God” to “take a decisive step forward towards unity around a common date for Easter.”
In addition, Pope Francis noted that in 2025, the feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ falls on the same date according to the Julian and Gregorian calendars.