Sabbath Issues

pursuant to Rule 116 of the Rules of Procedure by Anna Záborská, Martin Kastler, Jean Louis Cottigny, Patrizia Toia and Konrad Szymański on the protection of a work-free Sunday as an essential pillar of the European Social Model and a part of the European cultural heritage Written declaration on the protection of a work-free Sunday…

The plenary meeting of the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), adopted unanimously on 14 March 2009 the following statement on the protection of Sunday: From 11-15 March the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches is meeting at Nyborg (Denmark). The meeting takes place at a…

01.06.09, 08:41 AM EST PARIS, Jan 6 (Reuters) – France’s opposition Socialists claimed a rare victory over the centre-right government when parliamentary debate on a bill to ease restrictions on Sunday business hours was postponed indefinitely. Examination of the bill, which has aroused fierce opposition among the Socialists as well as among several centre-right deputies,…

Brussels, Belgium, Feb 16, 2009 / 07:23 pm (CNA).- The secretariat of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community has welcomed a proposed EU law that would safeguard Sunday as a day of rest from work. According to L’Osservatore Romano, the secretariat issued a statement praising the measure proposed by five EU…

Posted 4/6/2008 2:40 PM PARIS (AP) — Ikea was ordered to pay more than $700,000 last week for staying open on Sundays in a Paris suburb. A big French home repair chain was sued for nearly as much — also for violating a 102-year-old requirement to shut up shop on Sunday. Both cases show that…

Under pressure from the church, Croatia banned shops from working on Sundays and retailers immediately began firing workers, the Slobodna Dalmacija daily said on January 8. Large retail chains started first, in the first week of the year, saying they conducted one-fifth of their business on Sundays. The Getro chain has let go 200 employees…

by di-ve.com – editorial@di-ve.com Current Affairs — 07 November 2008 — 09:40CEST The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Communities (COMECE) on Thursday expressed its regret at the refusal to put to vote several amendments aimed at the inclusion of a work-free Sunday in the new Working Time Directive by the chairman of…

Regret and disappointment are expressed by Father Piotr Mazurkiewicz, Secretary General of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) on the decision of the President of the European Parliament Employment and Social Affairs Commission, motivated by procedural reasons, to vote some amendments put forward by seven Eurodeputies from different parties to…

LESSON THIRTY-SECOND: From the Second to the Fourth Commandment The following is an excerpt: “….Q. 1242. What is the third Commandment? A. The third Commandment is: Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Q. 1243. What are we commanded by the third Commandment? A. By the third Commandment we are commanded to keep holy the…

Tue Jul 15, 10:54 AM ET The Croatian parliament has passed a law forcing shops to close on Sundays in a concession to the Roman Catholic church. The church has campaigned for years for Sundays to be devoted to family or Mass in Croatia, which is almost 90 percent Roman Catholic. But Croatians have begun…