{"id":27601,"date":"2014-01-26T21:54:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T02:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=27601"},"modified":"2014-01-26T21:54:59","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T02:54:59","slug":"two-peace-doves-set-free-by-children-as-pope-francis-watched-attacked-by-seagull-crow-as-crowd-of-thousands-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=27601","title":{"rendered":"Two Peace doves set free by Children as Pope Francis Watched Attacked by seagull, crow as crowd of thousands watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VATICAN CITY &#8211; Two white doves that were released by children standing alongside Pope Francis as a peace gesture have been attacked by other birds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/VPD1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/VPD1.jpg\" alt=\"VPD1\" width=\"599\" height=\"435\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27603\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nAs tens of thousands of people watched in St. Peter&#8217;s Square on Sunday, a seagull and a large black crow swept down on the doves right after they were set free from an open window of the Apostolic Palace.<br \/>\nOne dove lost some feathers as it broke free from the gull. But the crow pecked repeatedly at the other dove.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/VPD4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/VPD4.jpg\" alt=\"VPD4\" width=\"555\" height=\"438\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27604\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/VPD3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/VPD3.jpg\" alt=\"VPD3\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27605\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/VPD2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/VPD2.jpg\" alt=\"VPD2\" width=\"599\" height=\"387\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27606\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>pics via: twitter.com\/CalgaryHerald-twitter.com\/BuzzFeed <\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was not clear what happened to the doves as they flew off.<br \/>\nWhile speaking at the window beforehand, Francis had appealed for peace in Ukraine, where anti-government protesters have died. <em>courtesy: Canadian Press<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton27601\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D27601&amp;text=Two%20Peace%20doves%20set%20free%20by%20Children%20as%20Pope%20Francis%20Watched%20Attacked%20by%20seagull%2C%20crow%20as%20crowd%20of%20thousands%20watch&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VATICAN CITY &#8211; Two white doves that were released by children standing alongside Pope Francis as a peace gesture have been attacked by other birds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27607,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27601\/revisions\/27607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}