Herald Sun: Topless feminists in Vatican gay protest

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Jan. 13, 2013, 4:12 p.m. | Ukraine abroad — by Herald Sun

Police try to stop Ukrainian feminist group Femen activists from protesting on St. Peter's square at the Vatican on January 13, 2013. Four Femen activists stripped off in St Peter's Square in a protest for gay rights just as Pope Benedict XVI was reciting his traditional weekly Angelus prayer from the second window at the top of the building. The four topless women had "In Gay We Trust" scrawled on their bodies. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO
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Four activists from Ukrainian feminist group Femen have stripped off in St Peter's Square in a protest for gay rights just as Pope Benedict XVI was reciting his traditional weekly Angelus prayer.

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