Who is Joseph II? Pope Benedict XVI? It is difficult to "justify" women not wearing veils, mantillas, head coverings, etc., at Mass when the 1917 Code of Canon Law explicitly requires this. On another message board, one women told how it was "unthinkable" to ever go into a Catholic parish without a veil, whether one was going to Mass or not. They would keep extra veils in the glove compartment of the car just in case they needed to go into a parish church.