Q: Should women cover their heads in church and where did that tradition come from? Is this practice even appropriate?

A: The tradition of head coverings for women has its roots in St. Paul, who writes both that women ought to pray with their heads covered, and men with their heads uncovered, owing to the very imagery of our bodies as images of Christ and the Church (cf. 1 Corinthians 11:2ff).  As late as the […]