Images of doves are everywhere this holiday season, symbols of peace that surely provide an urgent message for today's strife-torn world. As birds go, however, I can't say that doves are more ...

Doves as peace symbols commonly adorn Nativity scenes that commemorate the birth of Jesus, who, according to the Bible, is the Prince of Peace. Later, when Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River ...

The annual peace gesture has been as effective as the peace process. Last year a sea gull pounced one of the doves.In 2012, the doves had enough sense to simply fly back into the Vatican’s ...

Joanna Steele, a Young Church leader, said: "We’ve been making Doves of Peace in order to support Christian Aid’s campaign to demonstrate hope and prayers of peace.

Vatican City, Jan 25, 2004 / 22:00 pm Addressing the crowds gathered on Sunday in St. Peter's Square to pray the Angelus, Pope John Paul II called again for Christian unity and released doves for ...