Upon visiting my church, above the altar you will see a symbol of a seagull inside a circle. Many have asked why is there a bird in a circle, instead of a cross? Why isn’t there a cross on the altar?

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, ...

As the pandemic started hovering overhead this past March, life has only become more and more chaotic. Nothing has really seemed to get back to normal since then. It was sometime during those first ...

Doves are seen being released during the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony on Aug. 6, 2019. (Mainichi/Naohiro Yamada) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about doves as ...