Topless feminists stage Vatican gay protest

Topless feminists stage Vatican gay protest

VATICAN CITY - Agence France-Presse
Topless feminists stage Vatican gay protest

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 photo

Four activists from Ukrainian feminist group Femen stripped off in St Peter's Square on Sunday 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 on Sunday to denounce government plans to legalise gay marriage and adoption which have angered many Catholics and Muslims, France's two main faiths.
 
A small protest against the plans is also due to be held in Rome outside the French embassy.
 
The Femen women's power group has been making headlines since 2010 for topless feminist, pro-democracy and anti-corruption protests in Russia, Ukraine and London.
 
In September, they set up their first ever "training centre" in Paris.

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