Pope John Paul II Pushes For Calendar Change

by Elroy Willis -- March 9, 2002


VATICAN CITY (EAP) -- In what could be one of his last attempts to make his mark on the world before he passes away, Pope John Paul II is pushing for a reformation of the Gregorian calendar to fix a problem which has existed for the last 420 years, and has haunted him personally for the last 20 years.

Unknown to many Christians, Jesus couldn't have been born any later than 4BC, which was the year that King Herod died. This fact has been shoved under the rug for centuries, and the aging Pope claims he wants to set things straight before he passes on.

"This has been gnawing on my conscience for twenty years, ever since I first found out about it," he said in a recent interview.

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