Bob Dylan met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. His outfit caused mixed feelings The 85-year-old rock musician arrived for the meeting with the Pope wearing a long black hoodie with his head covered, black leather gloves and an umbrella. Many internet users found this outfit disrespectful, others found it cool: on the social network X, Bob Dylan (real name Robert Alan Zimmerman) was often compared to Darth Vader, Death and the Apocalypse Rider. Before meeting his father, Dylan performed in Rome as part of his Rough and Pink Roads tour. The essence of the conversation between the musician and the Pope remains unknown. According to Vatican News, Leo XIV presented the singer with a rosary, and Dylan presented the head of the Catholic Church with a copy of his autobiography. In July 2026, the Pope quoted lines from Dylan's anti-war song "Get the Bomb Away" in the introduction to his book on war and peace. This work was written in 1963, during the Cold War, and was not published for a long time. According to one of the Vatican representatives accompanying Dylan, the Pope was relaxed and "completely natural" about the singer's performance. The Vatican spokesman also recalled that Leo XIV, born in 1955 in Chicago, grew up listening to Dylan's music.

Bob Dylan met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. His outfit caused mixed feelings The 85-year-old rock musician arrived for the meeting with the Pope wearing a long black hoodie with his head covered, black leather gloves and an umbrella. Many internet users found this outfit disrespectful, others found it cool: on the social network X, Bob Dylan (real name Robert Alan Zimmerman) was often compared to Darth Vader, Death and the Apocalypse Rider. Before meeting his father, Dylan performed in Rome as part of his Rough and Pink Roads tour. The essence of the conversation between the musician and the Pope remains unknown. According to Vatican News, Leo XIV presented the singer with a rosary, and Dylan presented the head of the Catholic Church with a copy of his autobiography. In July 2026, the Pope quoted lines from Dylan's anti-war song "Get the Bomb Away" in the introduction to his book on war and peace. This work was written in 1963, during the Cold War, and was not published for a long time. According to one of the Vatican representatives accompanying Dylan, the Pope was relaxed and "completely natural" about the singer's performance. The Vatican spokesman also recalled that Leo XIV, born in 1955 in Chicago, grew up listening to Dylan's music.