Religion the real reason behind Sunday swim ban

A Croundfunding campaign has been launched to “stop Sabbatarians spoiling Sunday swimming” on the Isle of Lewis. The National Secular Society (NSS) is appealing to Scots to help raise £11,400 to pay for a 12-month trial of Sunday opening after councillors ruled out swimming on the Sabbath.

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European Catholic Bishops call for recognition of Sunday rest

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (COMECE) have renewed their support of the European Pillar of Social Rights, an EU document on labor, education, and other social issues. In recent comments on the draft document, COMECE called for a recognition of Sunday rest.

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Catholics, Evangelicals organize to promote Sunday

People of faith in today's society are increasingly faced with the challenge of balancing work, youth sports and community events scheduled for during times that were once universally set aside for family and worship.An ecumenical conference being held this month in Boston seeks to grapple with that problem.

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Media promotes work-free Sunday

We would, in times past, never work on Sunday! Why? You have six days — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday — to do all of the necessary work.

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Unions seek support for Sunday trading restrictions

Trade unions are gathering signatures in over a dozen major Polish cities today in support of legislation to significantly restrict shopping on Sundays.

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Advocates support penalty for working on Sunday

I remember the days when all the shops except the local milk bar were closed on a Sunday. The newsagent and one of the bakeries opened for a couple of hours on a Sunday morning so people could get the paper and buy some bread. Many of my friends belonged to church-going families and it was widely accepted that Sunday was special and set aside for church-going. I remember people talking about keeping the sabbath but I had no idea what it meant. I was to learn later that Sunday, as the Sabbath, was a day of rest for the good of humans and a day for Christian religious observance.

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Evangelicals want Sunday Sports Banned

The Evangelical Protestant Society is deeply saddened by the latest manifestation of contempt for the "Lord’s Day" in our Province as evidenced by the Gran Fondo cycle race held on Sunday 5 June.

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Polynesian Island enforces mandatory Sunday Law

The manager of one of Tonga's main bakeries says not being allowed to open on Sundays will have a dramatic impact and lead to job losses.

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Unplugging on the Sabbath: How to rest in a post-religion era

The Sabbath is in decline. That’s the unmistakable message from a 1,500-person survey out last week sponsored by the Deseret News. The report compares the way Americans observe (or don’t) the religious day of rest with their counterparts from 30 years ago.

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Fox News Promotes Pope's Sunday Law

Sunday Rest for TV Industry

The television industry is known for toiling relentlessly to give us our daily dose of entertainment. Due to the frenetic pace, actors and technicians are hardly left with any time to unwind. However, there is some respite in sight for them as the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has decided to make every second Sunday a mandatory holiday for the TV industry from April 1. While artistes have welcomed the move, producers are worried about its adverse effects on the telecast of their shows.

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Sunday Trading vote a ‘victory for faith and the family’

The Christian Institute has welcomed MPs’ “wonderful” refusal to open the door to extended Sunday shopping hours in England and Wales. Yesterday the House of Commons voted 317 to 286 to drop the Government’s controversial Sunday Trading plans.

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In Switzerland, the churches defend the Sunday Sabbath

The Swiss Churches Working Community (CETC) is calling for the Sunday rest, which it believes it is increasingly threatened. According to Harald Rein, Old Catholic Bishop of Switzerland, "the main problem comes from the tourism lobby", which put pressure increasingly high that the shopping centers located near tourist areas get exemption to open on Sundays reported the news agency APIC. These are often areas of shopping centers highway or near industrial sites, who want to get the same status as stations or airports and therefore introduce Sunday working.

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Sunday Promoted as a Sabbath Rest

The issue of shopping on a Sunday is a hot topic in the UK at the moment as the British government deliberates over whether to pass a law to extend Sunday trading hours. Church leaders and Christian groups have publicly voiced criticisms against the proposition.

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Churches Counter Evolution by worshiping on Creation Sunday

Hundreds of congregations are honoring Charles Darwin’s birthday today by observing “Evolution Weekend,” but a number of other churches instead are celebrating “Creation Sunday” and “Stop Darwin Day” to honor and acknowledge God as the author of life and all creation.

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US residents petition Walmart to close on Sunday Sabbath

Two petitions posted on Change.org have made their way around Facebook, stirring up controversy on various local Facebook pages.

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Chaos will bring Marshal Law and result in a Sunday Law

Editorial

We have been warned that all the chaos and strife that is being perpetuated throughout the world today will be used as the reason to usher in a National Sunday Law. 

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In Cypress 350 Shop Owners Arrested for Violating Sunday Law

Big retailers and other shops opened on Sunday in defiance of the law relegating them to closing on Wednesday afternoons and Sundays, the CyBC reported.

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Store Owners in France Upset Over Sunday Laws

When France’s Socialist government opened up the possibility of Sunday trading last year, it looked as if Paris’s world renowned department stores were on the brink of winning a long and painful battle.

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If you have the right to work, you have the right to rest, Pope says

Catholic News Agency

The dignity of workers was at the center of an address by Pope Francis on Saturday, during which the pontiff reflected on the connection between the right to employment and the right to leisure.

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