Au milieu de la place, fondue au milieu de la foule, cette jeune femme blonde a soudain retiré son teeshirt, sauté au-dessus des barrières de sécurité, couru jusqu'à la crèche où elle s'est emparée de la statuette de l'enfant Jésus qu'elle a tenue à bout de bras. Sur sa poitrine nue était écrit au feutre noir «God is woman» (Dieu est une femme). Elle a été ensuite poursuivie par un gendarme en grand uniforme, portant une grande cape, qui l'a rattrapée et lui a repris le santon, dans une scène théâtrale tragi-comique. Elle >>>

VATICAN CITY A somber Pope Francis steeped his Christmas message to the world Thursday in sadness for those with little cause for joy — abused children, refugees, hostages and others suffering from violence in the Middle East, Africa, Ukraine and elsewhere. Anguish for children who suffer maltreatment or violence, including in the recent terrorist attack on a Pakistani military school, tempered the pontiff's traditional Christmas Day speech, which he delivered from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. A crowd, estimated by the Vatican to number more than 80,000 Romans, >>>

VATICAN CITY A somber Pope Francis steeped his Christmas message to the world Thursday in sadness for those with little cause for joy — abused children, refugees, hostages and others suffering from violence in the Middle East, Africa, Ukraine and elsewhere. Anguish for children who suffer maltreatment or violence, including in the recent terrorist attack on a Pakistani military school, tempered the pontiff's traditional Christmas Day speech, which he delivered from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. A crowd, estimated by the Vatican to number more than 80,000 Romans, >>>

Amid the brouhaha that followed, one of “Announo’s” guests declared his outrage at the “offense” given to the Catholic Church and the pope and stormed off the set, ignoring the host’s request to stay and Shevchenko’s plea for a frank dialogue about religion.  Shevchenko then handed the mic to another of her activists, who announced that “Femen fucks Putin!  Femen fucks Berlusconi!  Femen fucks the pope, but with a condom!”  After that, the women showered the stage with condoms and walked out.Femen’s manner of protesting has not proved to everyone’s liking, to put it mildly, >>>

The topless protester with the notorious feminist group Femen who disrupted Christmas Eve Mass in Cologne, Germany, last year by jumping on top of the altar with the words “I am God” scrawled across her torso, stood trial on Wednesday in the western German city, charged with "disturbance of the free practice of religion." While Josephine Witt faced up to three years in jail, in the end she was fined the equivalent of about 1,500 USD. "This was a particularly serious disturbance of a church service and we very much appreciate that the court sent a clear signal," Cologne Cathedral provost Norbert >>>

The Cologne District Court found Josephine Witt guilty on Wednesday on the charge of "disturbance of religious practice" and fined her 1,200 euros ($1,480). The Hamburg student, now 21 years old, had painted the words "I am God" on her chest and scaled the altar of the Cologne Cathedral on December 25, 2013. Jumping on the altar was a show of freedom of expression, Witt said. "I did not want to harass anyone," she added. "Even Jesus is hanging half naked on the cross." Judge Gerd Krämer called Witt's deed "targeted ideological expression" and said she had "deliberately and grossly disturbed worship." >>>

ArtDocFest, Russia's premiere documentary film festival, which runs Dec. 9-17, opens amid controversy following Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky's public refusal to grant state support for the festival for allegedly "anti-state" remarks made by its director Vitaly Mansky. "No single project of Mansky, including ArtDocFest, will ever receive any money as long as I am a culture minister," Medinsky was quoted as saying by Interfax last month. Pro-Kremlin media followed suit, condemning Mansky for his allegedly "anti-Russian" stance. "Bravo, Vladimir Rostislavovich [Medinsky]! >>>

Almost a year after Josephine Witt climbed topless onto the altar of Cologne Cathedral during a Christmas mass, the member of the radical feminist protest group Femen stood trial on Wednesday in the western German city. The 21-year-old is facing charges of the disturbance of the free practice of religion - a crime which, if found guilty, could see her imprisoned for up to three years. In protest against the Catholic Church and its hierarchy, Witt stood half naked with the words "I am God" written across her chest and stomach. Immediately after her bare protest, Witt told press agency dpa: "Cologne >>>

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