“C’mon, big, beakless bird,” he muttered. “C’mon already. I’m hungry.” A cardinal looked up from the ground. He tilted his head back and forth, raised his red crest, then lowered it.

Pope Francis gave the basilica a little wooden bird from the Orthodox ... Orthodox patriarch and the cardinal vicar of Rome. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Tuesday’s prayer vigil took place facing ...

“Like we love birds,” Deborah said ... holding close their heartfelt prayer to see a red cardinal. The day after the memorial service, wave upon wave of grief still matched the gray winter ...