Sculpture dedicated at Saint Joseph's University at the jubilee of the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, the Vatican II document laying the groundwork for dialogue between Jews and Christians.

Earlier European depictions are of females,  the Jewish figure diminished and saddened while the Christian figure exults.   Here are two female figures each exploring  and in dialogue about their covenants with a common God.

Both Pope Francis and his friend, Rabbi Skorka (center of photo) of Buenos Aires, blessed the sculpture this weekend.

The first prayer and unveiling of the sculpture took place on Friday before the Papal visit but the Pope himself on Sunday prayed at the sculpture and blessed it.    A surprise visit to the SJU campus but word leaked out some two hours before he arrived and a few hundred students gathered nearby and watched from the dorm windows.   See the SJU web site for more.  I missed the Papal blessing.