Colombia is one of the countries with the longest work weeks. The average person works 48 hours per week. In 2023, a new law went into effect that aims to reduce the work week from 48 to 42 hours, ensuring that everyone has time off. The law requires “a mandatory rest day, which may coincide […]

Six weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times added a “Sunday Funday” section to its publication, both in print and online. This section features weekly interviews and readings from people and celebrities that tell us why Sunday is an important day of the week and how they spend their Sundays. These weekly postings are designed to […]

On December 11, 2022, The Vindicator, a daily newspaper in Warren, Ohio that reaches Mahoning, Trumbull, and Columbiana counties as well as online readers, published a Letter to the Editor extolling the virtues of Sunday rest and urging the restoration of the old blue laws. The following was published in The Vindicator: “Returning to ‘good […]

You know our world is in trouble when Sabbath-keeping Jews start calling for Sunday laws. We are unquestionably approaching the final crisis. The times that we have long anticipated are upon us. Prophecy is rapidly approaching its fulfillment. On December 11, 2022, The Jerusalem Post, a newspaper in Israel with a global readership, published an […]

Bloomberg News reported on December 1, 2022, that Croatia was moving to ban Sunday shopping, giving retailers only 16 Sundays a year to remain open. Bloomberg reported the following: “Tourism-dependent Croatia is moving to ban shopping on all but 16 Sundays of a year, giving retailers the right to decide when they would use the […]

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news and information in Odessa, Texas. The daily newspaper, founded in 1940, has both a print and online edition. The newspaper openly encouraged its readers to worship and rest on Sunday in an article that was published on November 26, 2022. The Odessa American stated that […]