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FEMEN Celebrates Benedict XVI’s Resignation Topless in Notre Dame Cathedral

Eight women went topless through Notre Dame Tuesday to celebrate the legalization of gay marriage in France. The women are a part of FEMEN, a pro-feminist, anti-anti-gay organization whose motto is "Sextremism." FEMEN held the demonstration to mark the final hour of the "homophobic Pope," who they labeled as "fascist" and "the head of the Catholic mafia." After the women disrobed and rang bells housed within the church, security quickly forced them out of the cathedral. They continued their impassioned demonstration just outside.FEMEN members have a penchant for running about topless >>>

Feminists shed shirts, cheer pope’s farewell in Paris protest

Feb 15, 2013 The protest. - PHOTO: https://www.facebook.com/Femen.UA. Women activists shed their shirts and pounded a huge church bell in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris to celebrate the pope’s resignation. The nine women from Ukrainian feminist group Femen had their chests and backs emblazoned with the words “Pope No More.” They said they were provocateurs celebrating Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to step down later this month. The activists shouted "Bye-bye Benedict" and "No more homophobe." At one point some of the women rang an enormous bell >>>

Are Femen Activists Undermining Their Own Cause?

LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR, 20 MINUTES (France) Worldcrunch PARIS –Eight members of the feminist Ukrainian group FEMEN celebrated Pope Benedict XVI's resignation announcement this week by disrobing inside Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The bare-breasted activists rang the cathedral's new bells -- currently exposed in the middle of the nave -- with sticks, before getting carried out by the cathedral’s security and visitors (see video below). The bodies of the protestors were painted with slogans hailing Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation and the recent passage in Parliament of a law >>>

Topless women fete pope’s resignation in Paris cathedral

Eight feminists flashed their breasts in the heart of Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday to celebrate Pope Benedict XVI’s shock resignation announcement. The members of the Femen movement entered the Gothic cathedral dressed in long coats which they whipped off inside while ringing three bells near the altar. “Pope no more!” they cried. “No more homophobe” and “Bye bye Benedict!” Scandalised visitors voiced their disapproval. “This is a sacred place, you can’t strip here,” said a Frenchwoman. The Femen >>>

Topless gay activists celebrate Pope’s resignation

By Victor Enengedi A group of militant feminists yesterday, Tuesday, February 11, 2013 cheered in celebration of Pope Benedict XVI‘s shocking resignation announcement by marching topless inside the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. The nine breast-baring rebels who are members of the hard-core Ukrainian protest group FEMEN, had slogans written in black paint across their bare chests and backs that read, ‘Pope no more’, ‘Game over’, ‘No more homophobe’ and ‘Bye bye Benedict’. The FEMEN women’s power group who have been making headlines since 2010 for topless >>>

Lesbians Bare Breasts at Notre Dame Cathedral against Pope [PICTURES]

<!-- --> Follow us   <!----> Follow @IBTimesUK <!-- --> Passers-by were told by the group that they were also marching for gay marriage - which could be legalised in France under legislation being voted on this week. The militant group was hauled off the site by security staff. Femen's display in Notere Dame was just the latest in a high-profile campaign against the Catholic Church by the group. Last month, the group ambushed Pope Benedict in St Peter's Square in the Vatican >>>

Topless protesters ‘celebrate’ Pope’s resignation in Paris

FEMINISTS stripped topless and stormed the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris yesterday to 'celebrate' the Pope's resignation. Nine members of Ukrainian group Femen drew crowds as they marched through the French capital with 'Pope no more' scrawled on their bare boobs. The women - wearing just tights and hotpants - then entered the 850-year-old Catholic church and surrounded one of two huge bells on display, before ringing it. EIGHT Femen activists undressed and flashed their breasts inside the iconic Notre Dame cathedral in Paris Staff quickly arrived on the scene >>>