Vatican exhibition features relationship between St. John Paul II and Jewish people

July 28, 2015

An exhibition highlighting the relationship between St. John Paul II and the Jewish people opens this week at the Vatican.

The exhibition, inaugurated at Xavier University in Ohio, has been on display in several US cities, in Rome, and in Krakow. It will be shown in the Charlemagne wing of St. Peter’s Square from July 29 through September 17.

The exhibition is divided into four sections, which illustrate:

1. the early life of Karol Wojtyla, his friendship with Jerzy Kluger, and relations between Catholics and Jews in the future Pontiff’s home town;
2. The future Pope’s years as a student in Krakow, and his relations with Holocaust survivors;
3. The life of John Paul II as a priest and bishop, a participant in Vatican II, and his relations with the Jewish community in Krakow; and
4. The years of his pontificate, his visit to Rome’s synagogue, his visit to Israel, and his commitment to inter-faith dialogue.

 

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Further information:

• A blessing to one another: John Paul II and the Jewish People (VIS)