Thousands of origami doves take flight at National Cathedral in Washington
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Last Updated: Jan 29, 2021, 05:23 PM IST
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Washington National Cathedral hosts a new art exhibit showcasing thousands of paper doves suspended from the Cathedral’s vaulted, 100-foot-high ceiling until May 2021. The “Les Colombes” exhibit is by German artist, Michael Pendry, who has created similar works at Cathedrals around the world, and symbolises the Biblical theme of hope and optimism heading into the new year after a very challenging 2020.
Looking ahead
“The past year tried and tested us in ways none could have anticipated, bringing a deadly global pandemic that has claimed 300,000 American lives as well as racial strife that has forced a long-overdue reckoning on justice and policing in our society,” said Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, dean of Washington National Cathedral. “While these issues are very much still with us, and will remain so, we look ah
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by Jerry Otero, Legislative and Policy Director
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Plague never seems to go away. Every time we think we have beaten it, it pops back up again.
43 percent of mountain lions in their Teton County, Wyoming study tested positive for plague (Yersinia pestis) in a sampling from 2005 to 2014.
Human plague was also found in the area. (a Boy Scout visiting from another state in 2008). The boy
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