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| Pope: No-work Sundays good, not just for faithful |
| 2014-07-06 |
| [NEWS.YAHOO] Pope Francis has lamented the abandoning of the traditionally Christian practice of not working on Sundays, saying it has a negative impact on families and friendships. Francis on Saturday traveled to Molise, an agricultural region in the heart of southern Italy where unemployment is chronically high. While he said poor people need jobs to have dignity, he indicated that opening stores and other businesses on Sundays as a way to create jobs wasn't beneficial for society. Francis said the priority should be "not economic but human," and that the stress should be on families and friendships, not commercial relationships. He added: "Maybe it's time to ask ourselves if working on Sundays is true freedom." He said that spending Sundays with family and friends is an "ethical choice" for faithful and non-faithful alike. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Lots of people have lousy families and friendships, too. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-07-06 21:08 |
| #7 Thank god everyone ignores this pope! Shops are open on sunday for one reason there's massive demand. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2014-07-06 14:57 |
| #6 The true Sabbath day is Saturday. Sunday was a day of community. |
| Posted by: newc 2014-07-06 13:13 |
| #5 Nearly 50 percent of America does not work any day of the week. FORWARD to the Detroitification of America! |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-07-06 13:13 |
| #4 Blue Laws were killed by modern medical science that developed drugs that were determined to be life saving. Exemptions appeared for drug stores for Sunday access. Then it became milk and food for the baby. Then it became the classical camel, nose, tent event with drug stores becoming general stores. Then the pressure from other businessmen resenting the competition getting an extra day of customers which fueled the 'separation of church and state' argument. All of which leads us to the situation today. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-07-06 10:54 |
| #3 The admonition is one day of rest. It never said 'Sunday'. The principle is a cultural ritual that recognizes as a whole one particular day. Some groups its Friday, others sunset Friday to sunset Saturday, and others its Sunday. I suspect what the Pope is advocating is what others may term, getting the family to sit down for dinner, except instead of a nuclear family, he's talking community. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-07-06 10:13 |
| #2 Chik-Fil-A and Hobby Lobby agree |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-07-06 08:01 |
| #1 That was standard fare, when I grew up in KC in the 50's. Remember the 'Blue Laws" anyone? I heartily agree with the Pope. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2014-07-06 00:33 |