Vatican Cracks Down On Dress Code

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Many churches in Italy, which are popular tourist destinations, have signs posted out front which illustrate a similar dress code. I’m honestly surprised the Vatican hasn’t done this before now.
 
Dale_M said:
Many churches in Italy, which are popular tourist destinations, have signs posted out front which illustrate a similar dress code. I’m honestly surprised the Vatican hasn’t done this before now.
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Me, too. Drives me nuts, TBH.

It’s Mass, it’s 1 hour once per week. Dress appropriately, please.
 
Awesome. Great to see the Vatican cracking down on this. People should dress respectfully in a place like that, and not like they’re going to the beach.
 
Alexander_Smith said:
Awesome. Great to see the Vatican cracking down on this. People should dress respectfully in a place like that, and not like they’re going to the beach.
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This isn’t new, though. It’s been this way for decades. I remember being turned out of a Church because my brother and I (5 and 6) were wearing shorts. My parents were properly dressed. My dad got a tad angry 😃 And I think he was right, TBH. Young children was caring it a bit far, IMO.
 
I think the people’s reaction are hilarious:
However, most tourists were simply shocked at what they deemed to be the church’s hypocrisy. ‘Given all the scandals the Church has been involved in, what right can it have to be preaching about the morality of sleeveless dresses?’ said Maria, an Italian visitor.
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Buddhist, Muslim, Sikh, and other religious venues have parallel restrictions on the appearance and behavior of visitors; Mormon venues don’t even allow visitors inside. I don’t hear anyone hurling accusations of hypocrisy over these.
 
Earnest_Bunbury said:
Awe, men’s shorts!??!
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I live in a warm climate and wear nice shorts to Mass all the time with a nice shirt. I’m not the only one. I have never worn flip flops but have seen ppl in them and it doesn’t bother me in the least. Why should it when we’re all there for the Lord. Jesus and His disciples walked around in sandals and you’re gonna ban all shorts? That’s ludicrous. It’s like saying Jesus would turn away someone in shorts. Sorry but IMHO that’s going to far. If the ban ever goes worldwide, that’s for sure when I walk out the door. But at least for now guess the Pope won’t be seeing me anytime in the summer. Peace.
 
I think it’s great. I wish our local churches would do the same. When people come in wearing jean shorts, grubby t-shirts and flip-flops, it shows a total lack of respect for where they are…and these are adults, not just teens!
 
However, most tourists were simply shocked at what they deemed to be the church’s hypocrisy. ‘Given all the scandals the Church has been involved in, what right can it have to be preaching about the morality of sleeveless dresses?’ said Maria, an Italian visitor.
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What a nonsensical argument. If Maria has such a problem with the Church, why is she visiting the Vatican in the first place?
 
Ann1231 said:
I think it’s great. I wish our local churches would do the same. When people come in wearing jean shorts, grubby t-shirts and flip-flops, it shows a total lack of respect for where they are…and these are adults, not just teens!
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FWIW the TLM church I’ve decided to attend has a published conservative dress code, I couldn’t be more delighted. I too am sick of looking at some geezer my age with his hairy, varicose veined chicken legs hanging out of a pair of gaudy golf shorts! Won’t even go into what the women wear, or maybe don’t cover would be a better description.
 
I agree with Cmatt. I have seen people complaining about this on other threads. Imho worry about the plank in your own eye before you worry about the splinter in your neighbors.
 
lambw said:
I agree with Cmatt. I have seen people complaining about this on other threads. Imho worry about the plank in your own eye before you worry about the splinter in your neighbors.
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What if people assaulting my soul through my eye by dressing immodestly or people who resist the leaders of the Church are the planks in my eye, how should I remove them do you think?
 
Luigi_Daniele said:
This isn’t new, though. It’s been this way for decades. I remember being turned out of a Church because my brother and I (5 and 6) were wearing shorts. My parents were properly dressed. My dad got a tad angry 😃 And I think he was right, TBH. Young children was carrying it a bit far, IMO.
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Luigi_Daniele said:
This isn’t new, though. It’s been this way for decades. I remember being turned out of a Church because my brother and I (5 and 6) were wearing shorts. My parents were properly dressed. My dad got a tad angry 😃 And I think he was right, TBH. Young children was caring it a bit far, IMO.
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This is not only churches put also St Peter’s Square. I am very liberal but I do adhere to dressing appropriately for the occasion one is engaged in. It called “class.”
 
Advocatus_Fidei said:
What if people assaulting my soul through my eye by dressing immodestly or people who resist the leaders of the Church are the planks in my eye, how should I remove them do you think?
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I’m sorry but truly if your soul is being assaulted by my shorts then you probably need to re-focus your eyes on what you are at Mass for.
 
Bob, you raised a chuckle with your chicken leg comment 🙂

I fully agree with covering up modestly, and I quite agree that some people seem oblivious to the fact that their appearance in skimpy clothing is thoroughly distracting for people who may not be able to avoid seeing them in a church.

It stands to reason that a woman dressed immodestly will provoke unbidden sexual thoughts in a man. Likewise, a young(ish) man might well do so if he’s, say, shirtless in front of a woman. Or, as Bob has said, those with unsightly defects are distracting in other ways.

The whole point of going to church is to think about God. The last thing we need is to be assailed with the sight of semi-sexualised semi-clad people.

That said, I do appreciate the points made about comfort. But it really isn’t a stretch to be able to wear some lightweight cotton trousers (pants if you’re American 🙂 ) and a smart short-sleeved shirt.

I’m not over-weight or unsightly (I hope!) but there’s no way I’d even consider going to Mass with my hairy knees on show or wearing a sleeveless ‘t-shirt’ (or even a normal t-shirt). Even in hot weather (anything over 75F really gets to me) I won’t wear shorts anywhere other than my home or, at a stretch, brief visits to the supermarket.

Dress codes have valid reasons. They’re good things!
 
CMatt25 said:
I’m sorry but truly if your soul is being assaulted by my shorts then you probably need to re-focus your eyes on what you are at Mass for.
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Well you can help with that brother, you are my brother right? Brothers help the other member’s of their family, at least ones with any love in them.
 
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