While Pope Benedict XVI delivered his annual homily to Catholics around the world from a Vatican window Sunday morning, the ladies of Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN did their best to interrupt the Holy See's speech by calling out the Pope's homophobia… And stripping topless to do it. Four FEMEN activists, who call themselves "sextremists," stripped off their coats amid thousands of Catholics gathered to hear the Pope's annual message on the "Feast of the Baptism of the Lord," revealing their bare breasts and the words "In Gay We Trust" painted on their bodies and on banners they held high.  The >>>

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Activists from the women's rights group Femen protest as Pope Benedict XVI leads his Angelus prayer from the window of his private apartment in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican January 13, 2013. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito By Catherine Hornby VATICAN CITY, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The Vatican underlined its opposition to gay adoption on Sunday as same-sex marriage supporters staged a topless protest in front of the pope in St. Peter's Square. The Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano published a response to an Italian court's rejection of an appeal by a father who feared his son would not have a >>>

Click here to advertise on CatholicCulture.org Topless feminists attempt to disrupt papal audience CWN - January 14, 2013 From Our Store: Defining Issues (eBook) A small group of Ukrainian feminists staged an odd demonstration in St. Peter’s Square on January 13, baring their breasts to draw attention to their disagreement with the Church’s stand on marriage. Four members of a group called Femen attempted to disrupt a Sunday papal audience by stripping off their clothes, exposing slogans >>>

Current Rating 3.4 Four activists from the Ukrainian women’s rights group Femen staged a loud topless protest in St. Peter’s Square while Pope Benedict XVI was conducting the traditional weekly Angelus prayer.At euronews we believe in the intelligence of our viewers and we think that the mission of a news channel is to deliver facts without any opinion or bias, so that the viewers can make their own opinion on world events.We also think that sometimes images need no explanation or commentary, which is why we created >>>

"The activists were removed by police after sparking anger from pilgrims...

"Today we go with a message to the Pope to shut his mouth...

"FEMEN grabbed headlines with a similar topless nun protest during an anti-gay marriage march in Paris in November."

Frankly, I think this kind of protest is actually hurting LGBt rights.

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Vatican: Four activists from Ukrainian feminist group Femen stripped off in St Peter's Square today in a protest for gay rights just as Pope Benedict XVI was reciting his traditional weekly Angelus prayer. The four topless women, who had "In Gay We Trust" scrawled on their bodies, staged their protest by the giant Christmas tree in the centre of the square and were briefly detained by Vatican police. Tens of thousands are set to march in France later today to denounce government plans to legalise gay marriage and adoption which have angered many Catholics >>>

Rome: Four activists of Ukrainian feminist group Femen were held for staging a topless protest for gay rights at the Vatican Sunday. They protested when Pope Benedict XVI was reciting his prayer. The activists with slogans "In Gay We Trust" painted on their backs, staged the protest by the Christmas tree in the centre of St. Peter's Square, media reports said. The women were briefly detained by Vatican police. Ukraine's radical feminist movement Femen was established in 2008. It is devoted mainly to protests on women's issues. The group has earlier made headlines for >>>

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,' >>>