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A decade ago, Marguerite Stern entered Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, screaming and topless, to demonstrate her hatred of the church and the pope. In a gesture of repentance, she has now apologized to Catholics for her actions.
In an interview with OSV News, Stern said that the Catholic tradition soothes, bringing people together, and that her past gesture was one of “damaging a part of France, and therefore a part of myself.”
“I love Notre Dame Cathedral,” she told OSV News Nov. 21.
Stern had made a name for herself up until 2015, with her high-profile provocative interventions in France, Tunisia and Morocco, intending to convey messages of radical feminism, including opposition to religion and the fight against homophobia.
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In an interview with OSV News, Stern said that the Catholic tradition soothes, bringing people together, and that her past gesture was one of “damaging a part of France, and therefore a part of myself.”
“I love Notre Dame Cathedral,” she told OSV News Nov. 21.
Stern had made a name for herself up until 2015, with her high-profile provocative interventions in France, Tunisia and Morocco, intending to convey messages of radical feminism, including opposition to religion and the fight against homophobia.
Femen activists storm Notre Dame Cathedral
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Former Femen activist apologizes for desecrating Notre Dame in 2013 protest against church, pope
A decade ago, Marguerite Stern entered Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, screaming and topless. Now she has apologized for her actions.
www.oursundayvisitor.com
