I once tried to go to church barefoot but the usher said no way dude. He wouldn’t engage with me on the issue. Fortunately I had a pair of paper thin pedicure sandals in the car.
I used to go to church on father’s day back when we did the Catholic Church thing. Was reading recently about a popes edict in the 1300s about killing all cats out of witchcraft concerns that led to the plague.