Not too shabby, I’d say, for one of the world’s largest archdioceses. Granted, it’s not up to the standards of Our Lady of Fatima’s dress code, but it’s a good step in the right direction. Today, I think, any open discussion by diocesan officials of modesty in dress is a step in the right direction. I again give credit to Bishop Yanta for his words some while back.

Is it funny that in a culture so saturated with “openness” to discussions of sexuality, we’ve for a long time been unable to talk about dressing so as to present no occasion of sin? Or is this also a consequence of our Theology of the Body Catholic lifestyle, in which we are so mesmerized by the beauty of our bodies and our sexuality that we forget that the beauty of the body, when not protected, is the catalyst of passion and lust?

I guess we’re still waiting to hear from our bishops about modest of dress outside of Holy Mass.