When I sit outside in my backyard, I often hear the distinctive calls of the mourning dove. If you hear them as often as I do, you might be wondering about a mourning dove's meaning. What is the ...

A white dove has been a symbol of peace for centuries. In the 1960s, the dove was a symbol the original hippies used to call for an end to the war in Vietnam. The poster for Woodstock — the 1969 music ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

The world is marking the 60th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and some of the ceremonies include the release of white doves. Slate senior ...

Doves have a long connection with the winter holiday season. Along with the Magi that brought gifts to the Holy Family at the first Nativity scene, there were shepherds who brought gifts of fruit, ...

This metaphor did not turn out as intended. When two children joined Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace on Sunday to release two white doves as a symbol of peace, a seagull and a black crow ...