...A member of the Ukrainian women’s rights group Femen (click title to entry - thank you) was detained in the Vatican on November 6 after holding a topless protest against the Roman Catholic Church’s “misogynist policies” under the balcony of Pope Benedict XVI.
Wearing tight black jeans and a see-through black top, Oleksandra Shevchenko managed to slip into St. Peter’s Square in the heart of the Vatican.
She held up a placard demanding “Freedom For Women,” struck provocative poses, chanted “Freedom! Freedom! We Are Free!” in Italian, and removed her shirt before being surrounded and detained by police....
