Modesty a myth? In my humble opinion it seems Christine Niles continues along the same path she previously plodded. Legally, she is probable correct. Historically, she is probably correct. She forgets, however, what Our Lady told us from her Son; that fashions would develop in the 20th century which would greatly offend Him. The average person has no concept of how to dress modestly, we need guidelines. Leaving modesty guidelines up to the laity is why we are in this mess in the first place.

In my humble opinion, sooner or later each of us Catholics is going to have to decide if what is being presented to us, is actually coming from "our church", or is it what used to be the church as we knew it.
“Let us go a step farther. From the crisis of today the Church of tomorrow will emerge — a Church that has lost much. She will become small and will have to start afresh more or less from the beginning. She will no longer be able to inhabit many of the edifices she built in prosperity. As the number of her adherents diminishes, so it will lose many of her social privileges. In contrast to an earlier age, it will be seen much more as a voluntary society, entered only by free decision. As a small society, it will make much bigger demands on the initiative of her individual members. Undoubtedly it will discover new forms of ministry and will ordain to the priesthood approved Christians who pursue some profession. In many smaller congregations or in self-contained social groups, pastoral …More