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Pope Francis watches children release doves at the Vatican: photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters, 26 January 2014
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- A dove which was freed by children flanked by Pope Francis during the Angelus prayer, is attacked by a seagull in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday. Symbols of peace have come under attack at the Vatican. Two white doves were sent fluttering into the air as a peace gesture by Italian children flanking Pope Francis Sunday at an open studio window of the Apostolic Palace, as tens of thousands of people watched in St. Peter's Square below. After the pope and the two children left the windows, a seagull and a big black crow quickly swept down, attacking the doves, including one which had briefly perched on a windowsill on a lower floor. One dove lost some feathers as it broke free of the gull, while the crow pecked repeatedly at the other dove. The doves' fate was not immediately known. While speaking at the window, Francis appealed for peace to prevail in Ukraine: photos by Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press, 26 January 2014
A dove which was freed by children flanked by Pope Francis during the Angelus prayer, is chased and attacked by a black crow in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Symbols of peace have come under attack at the Vatican. Two white doves were sent fluttering into the air as a peace gesture by Italian children flanking Pope Francis Sunday at an open studio window of the Apostolic Palace, as tens of thousands of people watched in St. Peter's Square below. After the pope and the two children left the windows, a seagull and a big black crow quickly swept down, attacking the doves, including one which had briefly perched on a windowsill on a lower floor. One dove lost some feathers as it broke free of the gull, while the crow pecked repeatedly at the other dove. The doves' fate was not immediately known. While speaking at the window, Francis appealed for peace to prevail in Ukraine: photos by Gregorio Borgia/Associated Press, 26 January 2014
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St. Gregory the Great: José de Ribera (1591-1652), c. 1619, oil on canvas, 102 x 73 cm (Gerard Farinas/Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Roma)
Annunciation: Fra Filippo Lippi, 1445-1450, tempera on panel, 117 x 173 cm (Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma)
Annunciation: Fra Filippo Lippi, 1448-1450, egg tempera on panel, 68 x 152 cm (National Gallery, London)
Annunciation(detail): Fra Filippo Lippi, 1448-1450, egg tempera on panel, 68 x 152 cm (National Gallery, London)
Annunciation: Fra Filippo Lippi, c. 1443, wood (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
Annunciation(detail): Fra Filippo Lippi, c. 1443, wood (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
Madonna and Child with St. Anne: Carlo Saraceni, 1610, oil on canvas, 180 x 155 cm (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Roma)
Two Venetian Ladies: Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1510, oil on wood, 94 x 64 cm (Museo Correr, Venice)
Two Doves: Franz Werner von Tamm, n.d.. oil on canvas, 90 x 57 cm (private collection)