The irony was too much: When Pope Francis and two children released two white "peace doves" at ... badass bird (as gulls and crows tend to be), what's going to draw your attention?

I love to hear and see these birds, in part for the unusually obvious ... This association of doves with peace and gentleness has long cultural standing. You can find it going back thousands ...

In a final gesture at the Vatican's annual "Caravan of Peace," Pope Francis watched ... The crow had a better grip on the other dove, pecking the bird repeatedly. In the end, both doves got ...

Balloons, not doves, were released as a gesture of peace Sunday in St. Peter's Square, a year after an attack by a seagull and a crow on the symbolic birds sparked ... to draw attention to need ...

About 8,000 paper peace doves have been hung from the ceiling of an abbey as part of a new "breathtaking" art installation. The paper birds in Tewkesbury Abbey, in Gloucestershire, have been ...

Martin Luther King Jr. believed everyone is born with natural rights and that the statement that "all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence was meant for men and women of all ...

It swooped in and attacked the bird of peace as soon as Pope Benedict XVI released the dove from a balcony at the Vatican. It is not the first time the Pope's prayers have not protected his birds ...

From where the idea arose that doves are symbols of peace is a mystery to me; they're actually quite aggressive. The other birds under the feeder know better than to get too close to them.