VATICAN CITY — A topless protester attempted steal a statue of baby Jesus from the Vatican's Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square on Christmas Day.

Reuters reports an activist from the feminist group FEMEN jumped over guardrails Monday to try and snatch the religious icon while shouting "God is woman." She had the same message painted on her bare back.

A Vatican guard stopped her from taking the statue and she was detained. Later identified as Alisa Vinogradova — She is a member of the Ukraine-based activist group who says it aims to use "bare breasts" to protest sexual inequality and gain "complete victory over patriarchy."

FEMEN's website said Vinogradova, a self-described "sextremist," was protesting the church and its treatment of women:

"FEMEN considers the anti-war policy of the Vatican a rough medieval attack on the freedom of women and their natural rights," the organization said in a statement. "FEMEN encourages women to follow the example of the movement and kidnap babies from religious denominations, thus, stating their right to use of their own body!"

According to the Associated Press, a similar incident occurred in St. Peter's Square on Christmas Day in 2014. Another FEMEN activist (pictured above) was arrested by the Vatican gendarme after successfully taking the baby Jesus statue out of the Nativity scene that year.