Topless Femen agitator offers a different kind of smoke signal

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      Are you tired of watching CBC's Peter Mansbridge and other North American news anchors solemnly interviewing Catholic priests?

      Have you had enough of those images of smoke signals coming out of the Vatican?

      If so, check out the video above.

      Taken in Piazza San Pietro, it shows a topless Femen protester shouting what is now a familiar slogan from the feminist group: "Pope no more!"

      For a twist, she sets off her own smoke signals before being wrestled to the ground by the authorities.

      Femen is a group of new-wave feminists who go topless to protest patriarchy, the sex trade, and organized religion.

      They got their start in Ukraine, and have since held demonstrations in Paris, Milan, and Sao Paulo.

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