Pope Leo XIV Gives Bob Dylan Private Vatican Audience
The brief meeting included an exchange of gifts as the pope cited Dylan’s anti-nuclear lyrics in a Vatican-published book.
- Pope Leo XIV met American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan at the Vatican's Apostolic Palace today. The 85-year-old Nobel laureate exchanged brief greetings with the Holy Father during the private audience.
- Dylan previously performed for Pope John Paul II and approximately 300,000 attendees at the 23rd National Eucharistic Congress in Bologna, famously removing his hat to shake hands after 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door.'
- The musician presented his autobiography, Chronicles: Volume One, to Pope Leo while wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, as shown in photos from the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication.
- Pope Leo has previously cited Dylan's anti-nuclear song 'Go Away You Bomb' to advocate for peace in his anthology Unarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift.
- Tomorrow, Thursday, Dylan continues his 'Rough and Rowdy Ways' tour at the Palazzo dello Sport, with performances also scheduled in Milan and Bologna.
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