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(RNS1-JAN26) A woman named Rosario who didn’t want to give her last name wears a lace veil while praying at a Catholic church in Cleveland. Prior to the Second Vatican Council, most women wore veils to Mass, but the reforms of the Council largely ended the practice. For use with RNS-VATICAN2-50, transmitted Jan. 26, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer.

(RNS1-JAN26) A woman named Rosario who didn’t want to give her last name wears a lace veil while praying at a Catholic church in Cleveland. Prior to the Second Vatican Council, most women wore veils to Mass, but the reforms of the Council largely ended the practice. For use with RNS-VATICAN2-50, transmitted Jan. 26, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer.

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(RNS1-JAN26) A woman named Rosario who didn’t want to give her last name wears a lace veil while praying at a Catholic church in Cleveland. Prior to the Second Vatican Council, most women wore veils to Mass, but the reforms of the Council largely ended the practice. For use with RNS-VATICAN2-50, transmitted Jan. 26, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer.