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January 30, 2012

Pope prays for peace, watches dove fly back into his apartment

Pope Benedict XVI releases a dove after leading the Angelus from the window of his apartment overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Jan. 29. The Pope and two Italian schoolchildren released doves as a symbol of peace.

VATICAN CITY - "Mamma mia," Pope Benedict XVI said as a dove flew over his head and back into his apartment Jan. 29 after he and two Italian school children released the bird as a symbol of peace.

The Pope and representatives of the Italian Catholic Action children's section release doves during the Sunday Angelus address in late January each year. And, almost every year, at least one of the birds flies back into the papal apartment.

Published in Vatican