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French parliament delays debate on Sunday law

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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,…

European bishops back proposed EU law on Sunday rest

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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…

Store fines highlight French ire over Sunday work

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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…

Retailers sack workers as “Never on Sunday” law kicks in

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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…

Bishops insist on work-free Sunday protection by European Parliament

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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…

THE DEBATE ON SUNDAY HOLIDAY MUST BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE EP

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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…

Baltimore Catechism

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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…

Sunday shopping banned in Croatia

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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…

Pope, in Austria, says Sunday must be protected as day of worship

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POPE-SUNDAY Sep-9-2007 (590 words) xxxi By John Thavis Catholic News Service VIENNA, Austria (CNS) — Celebrating Mass in Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Pope Benedict XVI urged Austrian Catholics to protect Sunday as a day of spiritual focus in an increasingly busy world. Modern Christians need an appointment with the Lord to give them a sense…

Sunday Closing Laws-Brief History

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The history of Sunday Closing Laws goes back into United States colonial history and far back into English history.144 Commonly, the laws require the observance of the Christian Sabbath as a day of rest, although in recent years they have tended to become honeycombed with exceptions. The Supreme Court rejected an Establishment Clause challenge to…