Pope Francis advocates for organization of workers' unions: Pope Francis is championing the right of all workers to unionize. The pontiff stressed in a video message Thursday to participants at a conference organized by the International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency based in Geneva. He called the "right to organize in unions" one of the fundamental protections for workers. SDA Church Gives $455K to Catholic Church. Ellen White Dream. 4 Steps To Sunday Law Death Decree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoWZwNdkOCo&t=2981s Biden’s top diplomatic aide headed to Vatican next week: Friday the U.S. State Department confirmed a European tour for US Secretary of State Antony Blinken next week. Stops in Italy and the Vatican, where he meets with top Holy See officials. Blinken’s tour will last from June 22-29. He visits Berlin and Paris before coming to Italy, making stops in Rome, the Vatican, Bari, and Matera. COP26: ‘Faith and Science’ event to highlight efforts against climate crisis The Holy See, Italy, and the United Kingdom are joining forces to host a pre-COP26 event showcasing the contribution faith and religion can make in combating climate change, at which Pope Francis will likely be present. Step 1: Sunday must be kept sacred On the 7th of March, A.D. 321, the Roman Emperor Constantine I passed the following Sunday law: “‘On the venerable Day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain-sowing or for vine-planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost.’ —Codex of Justinian, book 3, title 12, law 3; translated in Philip Schaff’s, “History of the Christian Church,” Volume 3 (5th edition; New York: Scribner, 1902), p. 380, footnote 1. Step 2: The true Sabbath must not be kept In A.D. 364, the Council of Laodicea, a regional synod of approximately thirty clerics from Asia Minor, declared, in its twenty-ninth canon: “Christians shall not Judaize and be idle on Saturday, but shall work on that day; but the Lord’s Day they shall especially honour, and, as being Christians, shall, if possible, do no work on that day. If, however, they are found Judaizing, they shall be shut out from Christ.” —Charles Joseph Hefele, “A History of the Christian Councils,” Volume 2 Step 3: Anyone who disobeys is a “heretic” On the 27th of February, A.D. 380, the Sunday movement was reinforced by Theodosius I, Gratian and Valentinian II (a “three-fold union”). These men jointly issued the Edict of Thessalonica, which st ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPzmFOVLrM