While cardinals deliberate over a new pope, a group of nuns and other Catholic women in Chicago have launched a protest about the role of women within the Catholic Church.

The women stood outside of the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago this morning to urge those electing a new pope to include women in the decision-making process.

“We have to tell the cardinals this: We no longer want a secret, sexist selection process,” said Sister Donna Quinn of the Coalition of American Nuns. Many of the protesters there said that this message is also directed towards the new pope-to-be.

After the morning mass at Holy Name, the women set off some small smoke bombs (pink smoke, I must add) as a symbol of their movement.

Protesting? Smoke bombs?? It looks like we’ve got some feminist nuns on our hands. Fucking awesome.