'Amor' sculpture unveiled at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Tuesday, September 22, 2015
PHILADELPHIA -- Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia is bringing an extra dose of love. Make that amor.

A bilingual version of pop artist Robert Indiana's "LOVE" sculpture with the leaning letter O was unveiled Tuesday morning atop the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, just before the start of the World Meeting of Families.
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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 at JFK Plaza, 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.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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