Pope Francis’ visit to bring ‘AMOR’ to Philadelphia
In this March 27, 2015, file photo, a young man climbs on a sculpture by Robert Indiana, at JFK Plaza, commonly known as Love Park, in Philadelphia. A bilingual version of Maine-based pop artist Indiana’s “LOVE” sculpture called the “AMOR” is going on display outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, near where the pope’s altar is being built. AP FILE PHOTO
PHILADELPHIA — Pope Francis’ visit to Philadelphia is bringing an extra dose of love. Make that amor.
A bilingual version of Maine-based pop artist Robert Indiana’s “LOVE” sculpture with the leaning letter O is going on display next week outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art, near where the pope’s altar is being built.
Amor means love in the pope’s native Spanish and in Latin, a traditional language of the Roman Catholic Church.
Indiana created the “AMOR” sculpture in 1998 as a nod to changing demographics. It’s on loan to Philadelphia and will be placed about a mile across the Benjamin Franklin Parkway from the original “LOVE” sculpture, which went on display in 1976.
Pope Francis arrives in Philadelphia Sept. 26. A million people or more are expected to fill the parkway for his Sept. 27 Mass.
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