Naked man jumps on altar of St. Peter's to protest Ukraine war


  • World
  • Friday, 02 Jun 2023

FILE PHOTO: A view of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 31, 2022. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A man visiting St. Peter's Basilica on Friday stripped off his clothes and stood naked on the church's main altar in what appeared to be a protest against the war in Ukraine, a Vatican source said.

The man had an inscription painted on his back calling for the children of Ukraine to be saved. The source said the man also had self-inflicted cuts on his body from his fingernails.

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