Sabbath Issues

Lusaka – Zambia’s new President Michael Sata, the first elected Catholic head of state and a devout believer, said on Sunday his government would follow the tenets of the 10 Biblical Commandments. “This government will be governed on the 10 Commandments. Thou shall not steal, do unto others as you would like them to do…

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 Opinion | Faith and reason The spirit behind taking time out on the Sabbath is as pivotal to a rounded life as ever it was, writes Ian Harris. “Where is the life we have lost in the living?” asked poet T.S. Eliot nearly 80 years ago, in the pageant play The Rock. It…

Trade unions held small protests across Italy and the Catholic Church voiced its support on Sunday as part of a Europe-wide campaign against allowing more businesses to stay open on Sundays. Susanna Camusso, the leader of Italy’s biggest trade union, CGIL, joined picketers outside a Rome shopping centre and there were similar demonstrations around the…

We all look forward to weekends. But are you really making the most of them? Few people are, because we tend not to think about weekends holistically. Here’s one way to look at it: There are 60 hours between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Monday. Even if you sleep for 24 of those hours,…

PA: opening times are sufficient – as the Constitutional Court Subtitle: A sign of times of prosperity and quality of life for all (07/12/2012) The prohibition of shop opening on Sundays and public holidays in Austria is not unconstitutional. This has the Constitutional Court (Constitutional Court) decided.”Even if a social change has occurred, the ban could still…

An expanded forum of the Tzohar rabbinical organization is scheduled to gatherMonday at the Park Hotel in Jerusalem and discuss the different halakhic (Jewish Law) and social – public angles of the influence of turning Sunday into an official day offin Israel. Before making a decision, the rabbis will hear a review of the matter by therelevant authorities: President Uriel Lin of the Tel Aviv Chamber of Commerce, Chairman Avi Kaminsky of the managers of education departments in local authorities and Member of Knesset Zvulun Orlev (Jewish Home) one of…

Date published: 28 June 2012 The incoming president of the Institute of Highway Engineers risks the wrath of truckers – but may earn the adulation of weekend motorists – as he calls for the UK to consider banning HGVs from its motorways on Sundays. Richard Hayes, who becomes president of the IHE at its AGM…

MAY 16, 2012 BY SESAN OLUFOWOBI The Lagos State Government has said it will start enforcing the Trading on Sunday (Prohibition) Bye-Law, which bans opening of markets on Sunday on the Island. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Central Business District, Mrs. Derin Disu, said the state had embarked on enlightenment campaigns on the new…

Last year, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops provided Catholic constituent voters with an official guide that would help them know how to vote and who do vote for in terms of protecting Catholic interests: Read what was posted on their website in 2011: “(CCCB – Ottawa)… With a federal election campaign underway, the Commission…