[steadfastconservative]

By the time that the new Code of Canon Law was issued in 1983, women covering their heads in public was no longer the cultural norm in Western countries. The Church’s decision to omit this requirement from the CCL was certainly not done to shock or offend anyone. Moreover, the Church has the authority to change rules such as this, especially since this particular requirement was not something essential to the nature of the liturgy. Times change. Get over it.

[RobbyS]

Yes, but the decision of women not to wear hats ought not to have affected what was proper dress at mass. A scarf was an easy enough garment to carry a purse. The mind-set of the reformers was to end almost all formality in Catholic worship and zealously conform to current customs in thought and behavior. I’m exaggerating, but as one who welcomed the first reformers I did not at first realize the iconoclastic and rebellious spirit at work among the lower clergy.

[Scotswife]

“Moreover, the Church has the authority to change rules such as this, especially since this particular requirement was not something essential to the nature of the liturgy. Times change. Get over it.”

amen.
And when I go to sit in front of the tabernacle without a veil on does anyone think I am offending or shocking Jesus?
He created my head of hair afterall.