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Bob Dylan, Wearing Hoodie, Meets Pope
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 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' in his anthology Unarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift to advocate for peace.
- Dylan continues his 'Rough and Rowdy Ways' tour tomorrow, Thursday, at the Palazzo dello Sport, with performances also scheduled in Milan and Bologna.
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Bob Dylan met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Wednesday.
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