VATICAN CITY: The bare-breasted activist from feminist group Femen who snatched the baby Jesus figurine from St Peter's Square Nativity scene on Christmas day remained under arrest in the Vatican on Friday. The woman, Iana Aleksandrovna Azhdanova from Ukraine, remained under arrest in a Vatican cell awaiting possible trial for "disturbing the peace, obscene acts in a public place, and theft" for storming the Vatican Nativity scene Thursday. Respecting >>>

Christmas Day is always bustling at the Vatican because of the gathering of the faithful in St. Peter’s Square to witness the Pope give his Holy Day homily. This Christmas was notable for another reason, the arrest of a bare-chested protestor who had snatched the statue of the Baby Jesus from the Vatican’s life-sized nativity scene. The protestor, a Femen activist named Yana Zhdanova, was being held for questioning by Vatican authorities, and could face charges of theft, insults, and committing obscene acts in public. Zhdanova had grabbed the statue about an hour after Pope Francis’ blessing >>>

Naked Truth: Femen Activist Who Stole Baby Jesus Still In Custody Details Published on Saturday, 27 December 2014 09:27 AFP picVATICAN CITY — The bare-breasted activist from feminist group Femen who snatched the baby Jesus figurine from St Peter’s Square Nativity scene on Christmas day remained under arrest in the Vatican yesterday. The woman, Iana Aleksandrovna Azhdanova from Ukraine, remained under arrest in a Vatican cell awaiting possible trial for “disturbing the peace, obscene acts in a public place, and theft” for storming the Vatican Nativity scene Thursday. Respecting >>>

The antipatriarchal protest group Femen has struck again. On Christmas Day, a topless woman with the words "God is woman" emblazoned across her chest ran into the nativity scene at St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Her goal? Nothing less than to kidnap the statue of Baby Jesus to demonstrate Femen's opposition to the Catholic Church's teachings on homosexuality and abortion. She was promptly arrested. Femen, which began in Ukraine in 2008, has engaged in these types of demonstrations for several years to protest against patriarchy, organized religion, and political tyranny. Last year, a Femen >>>

An activist from the feminist group Femen who snatched the baby Jesus figurine from St Peter’s Square’s nativity scene on Christmas Day remains in custody in the Vatican. Iana Aleksandrovna Azhdanova, from Ukraine, was held in a Vatican cell on Friday, awaiting possible trial for “disturbing the peace, obscene acts in a public place, and theft”. Azhdanova was naked from the waist up as she stormed the nativity scene and had the message “God Is Woman” daubed on her torso while thousands of pilgrims looked on. Azhdanova was swiftly arrested by Vatican police after >>>

by AWR Hawkins26 Dec 20140 On Christmas day a topless Femen protester stormed the nativity scene at St. Peter’s Square and stole a statue of the baby Jesus after the Pope’s Christmas address. A Vatican guard quickly cornered the protester, covering her with his cape and took back the statue. According to AFP, the protester–Inna Shevchenko–had the words “God is woman” written across her chest. After being captured by the Vatican guard she was taken to the local police station. Femen has “staged similar stunts at the Vatican,” including one last month where >>>

(Photo: Reuters/Gleb Garanich)Activists of Ukrainian women's rights group Femen Yana Zhdanova (C) and Alexandra Shevchenko (L) stand near their office after a police search in Kyiv, August 27, 2013.A topless abortion activist with the words "God is Woman" written across her bare chest was arrested in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Thursday, after rushing the nativity scene and attempting to flee with a baby Jesus figurine.Iana Zhdanova of FEMEN, a radical feminist organization from Ukraine that's based in Paris, stunned onlookers in Rome on Christmas Day when she stormed the nativity display >>>

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A gendarme from the Vatican’s security forces stops a Ukrainian feminist group Femen activist after she snatched the statue of Baby Jesus from the Nativity scene set in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014. AP VATICAN CITY, Holy See — An activist from the feminist group Femen bared her breasts in St Peter’s Square on Christmas Day and rushed the >>>

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 >>>