Several protestors staged a topless protest at the Vatican during the Pope's Sunday prayer service. The four women, members of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen, stripped off and revealed phrases “shut up” on their fronts and “in gays we trust” on their backs. The protestors also shouted “homophobic shut up” at Pope Benedict XVI as the head of the Catholic Church performed the weekly prayer service. The Vatican and the Pope have stepped up their attacks on gay rights and gay marriage in recent weeks – a move which has drawn criticism. The Catholic Church has been accused of >>>

The activists, who were conducting a protest in defense of the rights of sexual minorities, shouted "Shut up!" and had the words "In gay we trust!" painted on their bodies, the FEMEN press service reported."The protest was aimed against the fascist homophobic propaganda of the Vatican. In his sermons, Pope Benedict XVI uses fascist rhetoric, calls gay marriage 'a threat to humanity,' and calls for a new witch-hunt," the FEMEN press service reported."FEMEN demands that the Vatican stop fueling medieval fires of intolerance against dissent and sexual freedom. Religious fanaticism and 'holy celibacy,' >>>